Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 1; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1912.
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σχολῇ σʼ ἂν οἴκους τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐστειλάμην.
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Τειρεσίας
435
ἡμεῖς τοιοίδʼ ἔφυμεν, ὡς μὲν σοὶ δοκεῖ,
μῶροι, γονεῦσι δʼ, οἵ σʼ ἔφυσαν, ἔμφρονες.
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Οἰδίπους
ποίοισι; μεῖνον, τίς δέ μʼ ἐκφύει βροτῶν;
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Τειρεσίας
ἥδʼ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὡς πάντʼ ἄγαν αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις.
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440
οὔκουν σὺ ταῦτʼ ἄριστος εὑρίσκειν ἔφυς;
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Οἰδίπους
τοιαῦτʼ ὀνείδιζʼ, οἷς ἔμʼ εὑρήσεις μέγαν.
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Τειρεσίας
αὕτη γε μέντοι σʼ ἡ τύχη διώλεσεν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ εἰ πόλιν τήνδʼ ἐξέσωσʼ, οὔ μοι μέλει.
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Τειρεσίας
ἄπειμι τοίνυν· καὶ σύ, παῖ, κόμιζέ με.
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Οἰδίπους
445
κομιζέτω δῆθʼ· ὡς παρὼν σύ γʼ ἐμποδὼν
ὀχλεῖς, συθείς τʼ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ἀλγύνοις πλέον.
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Τειρεσίας
εἰπὼν ἄπειμʼ ὧν οὕνεκʼ, ἦλθον, οὐ τὸ σὸν
δείσας πρόσωπον· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ὅπου μʼ ὀλεῖς.
λέγω δέ σοι· τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον, ὃν πάλαι
450
ζητεῖς ἀπειλῶν κἀνακηρύσσων φόνον
τὸν Λαΐειον, οὗτός ἐστιν ἐνθάδε,
ξένος λόγῳ μέτοικος, εἶτα δʼ ἐγγενὴς
φανήσεται Θηβαῖος, οὐδʼ ἡσθήσεται
τῇ ξυμφορᾷ· τυφλὸς γὰρ ἐκ δεδορκότος
455
καὶ πτωχὸς ἀντὶ πλουσίου ξένην ἔπι
σκήπτρῳ προδεικνὺς γαῖαν ἐμπορεύσεται.
φανήσεται δὲ παισὶ τοῖς αὑτοῦ ξυνὼν
ἀδελφὸς αὑτὸς καὶ πατήρ, κἀξ ἧς ἔφυ
γυναικὸς υἱὸς καὶ πόσις, καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς
460
ὁμόσπορός τε καὶ φονεύς. καὶ ταῦτʼ ἰὼν
εἴσω λογίζου· κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον,
φάσκειν ἔμʼ ἤδη μαντικῇ μηδὲν φρονεῖν.
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Χορός
τίς ὅντινʼ ἁ θεσπιέπεια Δελφὶς εἶπε πέτρα
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