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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ἀλλʼ ἔφυς κακός.
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Κρέων
εἰ δὲ ξυνίης μηδέν;
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Οἰδίπους
ἀρκτέον γʼ ὅμως.
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Κρέων
οὔτοι κακῶς γʼ ἄρχοντος.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ πόλις πόλις.
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Κρέων
630
κἀμοὶ πόλεως μέτεστιν, οὐχί σοι μόνῳ.
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Χορός
παύσασθʼ, ἄνακτες· καιρίαν δʼ ὑμῖν ὁρῶ
τήνδʼ ἐκ δόμων στείχουσαν Ἰοκάστην, μεθʼ ἧς
τὸ νῦν παρεστὸς νεῖκος εὖ θέσθαι χρεών.
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Ἰοκάστη
τί τὴν ἄβουλον, ὦ ταλαίπωροι, στάσιν
635
γλώσσης ἐπήρασθʼ οὐδʼ ἐπαισχύνεσθε γῆς
οὕτω νοσούσης ἴδια κινοῦντες κακά;
οὐκ εἶ σύ τʼ οἴκους σύ τε, Κρέων, κατὰ στέγας,
καὶ μὴ τὸ μηδὲν ἄλγος εἰς μέγʼ οἴσετε;
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Κρέων
ὅμαιμε, δεινά μʼ Οἰδίπους ὁ σὸς πόσις
640
δρᾶσαι δικαιοῖ δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν
ἢ γῆς ἀπῶσαι πατρίδος ἢ κτεῖναι λαβών.
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Οἰδίπους
ξύμφημι· δρῶντα γάρ νιν, ὦ γύναι, κακῶς
εἴληφα τοὐμὸν σῶμα σὺν τέχνῃ κακῇ.
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Κρέων
μή νυν ὀναίμην, ἀλλʼ ἀραῖος, εἴ σέ τι
645
δέδρακʼ, ὀλοίμην, ὧν ἐπαιτιᾷ με δρᾶν.
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Ἰοκάστη
ὦ πρὸς θεῶν πίστευσον, Οἰδίπους, τάδε,
μάλιστα μὲν τόνδʼ ὅρκον αἰδεσθεὶς θεῶν,
ἔπειτα κἀμὲ τούσδε θʼ οἳ πάρεισί σοι.
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Χορός
πιθοῦ θελήσας φρονήσας τʼ, ἄναξ, λίσσομαι.
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Οἰδίπους
650
τί σοι θέλεις δῆτʼ εἰκάθω;
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Χορός
τὸν οὔτε πρὶν νήπιον νῦν τʼ ἐν ὅρκῳ μέγαν καταίδεσαι.
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Οἰδίπους
οἶσθʼ οὖν ἃ χρῄζεις;
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Χορός
οἶδα.
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Οἰδίπους
φράζε δὴ τί φής.
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