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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ὦναξ, εἶπον μὲν οὐχ ἅπαξ μόνον,
ἴσθι δὲ παραφρόνιμον, ἄπορον ἐπὶ φρόνιμα
πεφάνθαι μʼ ἄν, εἴ σʼ ἐνοσφιζόμαν,
ὅς τʼ ἐμὰν γᾶν φίλαν ἐν πόνοις
695
ἀλύουσαν κατʼ ὀρθὸν οὔρισας,
τανῦν τʼ εὔπομπος, ἂν γένοιο.
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Ἰοκάστη
πρὸς θεῶν δίδαξον κἄμʼ, ἄναξ, ὅτου ποτὲ
μῆνιν τοσήνδε πράγματος στήσας ἔχεις.
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Οἰδίπους
700
ἐρῶ· σὲ γὰρ τῶνδʼ ἐς πλέον, γύναι, σέβω·
Κρέοντος, οἷά μοι βεβουλευκὼς ἔχει.
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Ἰοκάστη
λέγʼ, εἰ σαφῶς τὸ νεῖκος ἐγκαλῶν ἐρεῖς.
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Οἰδίπους
φονέα με φησὶ Λαΐου καθεστάναι.
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Ἰοκάστη
αὐτὸς ξυνειδὼς ἢ μαθὼν ἄλλου πάρα;
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Οἰδίπους
705
μάντιν μὲν οὖν κακοῦργον εἰσπέμψας, ἐπεὶ
τό γʼ εἰς ἑαυτὸν πᾶν ἐλευθεροῖ στόμα.
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Ἰοκάστη
σύ νυν ἀφεὶς σεαυτὸν ὧν λέγεις πέρι
ἐμοῦ ʼπάκουσον, καὶ μάθʼ οὕνεκʼ ἐστί σοι
βρότειον οὐδὲν μαντικῆς ἔχον τέχνης.
710
φανῶ δέ σοι σημεῖα τῶνδε σύντομα.
χρησμὸς γὰρ ἦλθε Λαΐῳ ποτʼ, οὐκ ἐρῶ
Φοίβου γʼ ἄπʼ αὐτοῦ, τῶν δʼ ὑπηρετῶν ἄπο,
ὡς αὐτὸν ἕξοι μοῖρα πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν,
ὅστις γένοιτʼ ἐμοῦ τε κἀκείνου πάρα.
715
καὶ τὸν μέν, ὥσπερ γʼ ἡ φάτις, ξένοι ποτὲ
λῃσταὶ φονεύουσʼ ἐν τριπλαῖς ἁμαξιτοῖς·
παιδὸς δὲ βλάστας οὐ διέσχον ἡμέραι
τρεῖς, καί νιν ἄρθρα κεῖνος ἐνζεύξας ποδοῖν
ἔρριψεν ἄλλων χερσὶν ἄβατον εἰς ὄρος.
720
κἀνταῦθʼ Ἀπόλλων οὔτʼ ἐκεῖνον ἤνυσεν
φονέα γενέσθαι πατρὸς οὔτε Λάϊον
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