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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ἆρʼ οὐχὶ μῶρόν ἐστι τοὐγχείρημά σου,
ἄνευ τε πλήθους καὶ φίλων τυραννίδα
θηρᾶν, ὃ πλήθει χρήμασίν θʼ ἁλίσκεται;
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Κρέων
οἶσθʼ ὡς πόησον; ἀντὶ τῶν εἰρημένων
ἴσʼ ἀντάκουσον, κᾆτα κρῖνʼ αὐτὸς μαθών.
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Οἰδίπους
545
λέγειν σὺ δεινός, μανθάνειν δʼ ἐγὼ κακὸς
σοῦ· δυσμενῆ γὰρ καὶ βαρύν σʼ ηὕρηκʼ ἐμοί.
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Κρέων
τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ νῦν μου πρῶτʼ ἄκουσον ὡς ἐρῶ.
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Οἰδίπους
τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ μή μοι φράζʼ, ὅπως οὐκ εἶ κακός.
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Κρέων
εἴ τοι νομίζεις κτῆμα τὴν αὐθαδίαν
550
εἶναί τι τοῦ νοῦ χωρίς, οὐκ ὀρθῶς φρονεῖς.
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εἴ τοι νομίζεις ἄνδρα συγγενῆ κακῶς
δρῶν οὐχ ὑφέξειν τὴν δίκην, οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖς.
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ξύμφημί σοι ταῦτʼ ἔνδικʼ εἰρῆσθαι· τὸ δὲ
πάθημʼ ὁποῖον φὴς παθεῖν, δίδασκέ με.
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Οἰδίπους
555
ἔπειθες ἢ οὐκ ἔπειθες, ὡς χρείη μʼ ἐπὶ
τὸν σεμνόμαντιν ἄνδρα πέμψασθαί τινα;
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καὶ νῦν ἔθʼ αὑτός εἰμι τῷ βουλεύματι.
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πόσον τινʼ ἤδη δῆθʼ ὁ Λάϊος χρόνον
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Κρέων
δέδρακε ποῖον ἔργον; οὐ γὰρ ἐννοῶ.
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Οἰδίπους
560
ἄφαντος ἔρρει θανασίμῳ χειρώματι;
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Κρέων
μακροὶ παλαιοί τʼ ἂν μετρηθεῖεν χρόνοι.
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τότʼ οὖν ὁ μάντις οὗτος ἦν ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ;
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Κρέων
σοφός γʼ ὁμοίως κἀξ ἴσου τιμώμενος.
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ἐμνήσατʼ οὖν ἐμοῦ τι τῷ τότʼ ἐν χρόνῳ;
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Κρέων
565
οὔκουν ἐμοῦ γʼ ἑστῶτος οὐδαμοῦ πέλας.
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ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔρευναν τοῦ κτανόντος ἔσχετε;
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παρέσχομεν, πῶς δʼ οὐχί; κοὐκ ἠκούσαμεν.
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πῶς οὖν τόθʼ οὗτος ὁ σοφὸς οὐκ ηὔδα τάδε;
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οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἐφʼ οἷς γὰρ μὴ φρονῶ σιγᾶν φιλῶ.
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