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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οὐκ ἔστιν ὑμῶν ὅστις ἐξ ἴσου νοσεῖ.
τὸ μὲν γὰρ ὑμῶν ἄλγος εἰς ἕνʼ ἔρχεται
μόνον καθʼ αὑτὸν κοὐδένʼ ἄλλον, ἡ δʼ ἐμὴ
ψυχὴ πόλιν τε κἀμὲ καὶ σʼ ὁμοῦ στένει.
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ὥστʼ οὐχ ὕπνῳ γʼ εὕδοντά μʼ ἐξεγείρετε,
ἀλλʼ ἴστε πολλὰ μέν με δακρύσαντα δή,
πολλὰς δʼ ὁδοὺς ἐλθόντα φροντίδος πλάνοις·
ἣν δʼ εὖ σκοπῶν ηὕρισκον ἴασιν μόνην,
ταύτην ἔπραξα· παῖδα γὰρ Μενοικέως
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Κρέοντʼ, ἐμαυτοῦ γαμβρόν, ἐς τὰ Πυθικὰ
ἔπεμψα Φοίβου δώμαθʼ, ὡς πύθοιθʼ ὅ τι
δρῶν ἢ τί φωνῶν τήνδε ῥυσαίμην πόλιν.
καί μʼ ἦμαρ ἤδη ξυμμετρούμενον χρόνῳ
λυπεῖ τί πράσσει· τοῦ γὰρ εἰκότος πέρα
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ἄπεστι πλείω τοῦ καθήκοντος χρόνου.
ὅταν δʼ ἵκηται, τηνικαῦτʼ ἐγὼ κακὸς
μὴ δρῶν ἂν εἴην πάνθʼ ὅσʼ ἂν δηλοῖ θεός.
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Ἱερεύς
ἀλλʼ εἰς καλὸν σύ τʼ εἶπας οἵδε τʼ ἀρτίως
Κρέοντα προσστείχοντα σημαίνουσί μοι.
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Οἰδίπους
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ὦναξ Ἄπολλον, εἰ γὰρ ἐν τύχῃ γέ τῳ
σωτῆρι βαίη λαμπρὸς ὥσπερ ὄμματι
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Ἱερεύς
ἀλλʼ εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς· οὐ γὰρ ἂν κάρα
πολυστεφὴς ὧδʼ εἷρπε παγκάρπου δάφνης.
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Οἰδίπους
τάχʼ εἰσόμεσθα· ξύμμετρος γὰρ ὡς κλύειν.
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ἄναξ, ἐμὸν κήδευμα, παῖ Μενοικέως,
τίνʼ ἡμὶν ἥκεις τοῦ θεοῦ φήμην φέρων;
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Κρέων
ἐσθλήν· λέγω γὰρ καὶ τὰ δύσφορʼ, εἰ τύχοι
κατʼ ὀρθὸν ἐξελθόντα, πάντʼ ἂν εὐτυχεῖν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἔστιν δὲ ποῖον τοὔπος; οὔτε γὰρ θρασὺς
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οὔτʼ οὖν προδείσας εἰμὶ τῷ γε νῦν λόγῳ.
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