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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τὸν ἐναγῆ φίλον μήποτʼ ἐν αἰτίᾳ
σὺν ἀφανεῖ λόγῳ σʼ ἄτιμον βαλεῖν.
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Οἰδίπους
εὖ νυν ἐπίστω, ταῦθʼ ὅταν ζητῇς, ἐμοὶ
ζητῶν ὄλεθρον ἢ φυγὴν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς.
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Χορός
660
οὐ τὸν πάντων θεῶν θεὸν πρόμον
Ἅλιον· ἐπεὶ ἄθεος ἄφιλος ὅ τι πύματον
ὀλοίμαν, φρόνησιν εἰ τάνδʼ ἔχω.
665
ἀλλά μοι δυσμόρῳ γᾶ φθινὰς
τρύχει ψυχάν, τάδʼ εἰ κακοῖς κακὰ
προσάψει τοῖς πάλαι τὰ πρὸς σφῷν.
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Οἰδίπους
ὁ δʼ οὖν ἴτω, κεἰ χρή με παντελῶς θανεῖν
670
ἢ γῆς ἄτιμον τῆσδʼ ἀπωσθῆναι βίᾳ.
τὸ γὰρ σόν, οὐ τὸ τοῦδʼ, ἐποικτίρω στόμα
ἐλεινόν· οὗτος δʼ ἔνθʼ ἂν ᾖ στυγήσεται.
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Κρέων
στυγνὸς μὲν εἴκων δῆλος εἶ, βαρὺς δʼ, ὅταν
θυμοῦ περάσῃς· αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται φύσεις
675
αὑταῖς δικαίως εἰσὶν ἄλγισται φέρειν.
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Οἰδίπους
οὔκουν μʼ ἐάσεις κἀκτὸς εἶ;
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Κρέων
πορεύσομαι,
σοῦ μὲν τυχὼν ἀγνῶτος, ἐν δὲ τοῖσδʼ ἴσος.
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Χορός
γύναι, τί μέλλεις κομίζειν δόμων τόνδʼ ἔσω;
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Ἰοκάστη
680
μαθοῦσά γʼ ἥτις ἡ τύχη.
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Χορός
δόκησις ἀγνὼς λόγων ἦλθε, δάπτει δὲ καὶ τὸ μὴ ʼνʼδικον.
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Ἰοκάστη
ἀμφοῖν ἀπʼ αὐτοῖν;
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Χορός
ναίχι.
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Ἰοκάστη
καὶ τίς ἦν λόγος;
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Χορός
685
ἅλις ἔμοιγʼ, ἅλις, γᾶς προπονουμένας,
φαίνεται ἔνθʼ ἔληξεν αὐτοῦ μένειν.
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Οἰδίπους
ὁρᾷς ἵνʼ ἥκεις, ἀγαθὸς ὢν γνώμην ἀνήρ,
τοὐμὸν παριεὶς καὶ καταμβλύνων κέαρ;
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