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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τὸ δεινὸν οὑφοβεῖτο πρὸς παιδὸς θανεῖν.
τοιαῦτα φῆμαι μαντικαὶ διώρισαν,
ὧν ἐντρέπου σὺ μηδέν· ὧν γὰρ ἂν θεὸς
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χρείαν ἐρευνᾷ, ῥᾳδίως αὐτὸς φανεῖ.
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οἷόν μʼ ἀκούσαντʼ ἀρτίως ἔχει, γύναι,
ψυχῆς πλάνημα κἀνακίνησις φρενῶν.
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ποίας μερίμνης τοῦθʼ ὑποστραφεὶς λέγεις;
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ἔδοξʼ ἀκοῦσαι σοῦ τόδʼ, ὡς ὁ Λάϊος
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κατασφαγείη πρὸς τριπλαῖς ἁμαξιτοῖς.
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ηὐδᾶτο γὰρ ταῦτʼ οὐδέ πω λήξαντʼ ἔχει.
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καὶ ποῦ ʼσθʼ ὁ χῶρος οὗτος οὗ τόδʼ ἦν πάθος;
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Φωκὶς μὲν ἡ γῆ κλῄζεται, σχιστὴ δʼ ὁδὸς
ἐς ταὐτὸ Δελφῶν κἀπὸ Δαυλίας ἄγει.
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καὶ τίς χρόνος τοῖσδʼ ἐστὶν οὑξεληλυθώς;
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σχεδόν τι πρόσθεν ἢ σὺ τῆσδʼ ἔχων χθονὸς
ἀρχὴν ἐφαίνου, τοῦτʼ ἐκηρύχθη πόλει.
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ὦ Ζεῦ, τί μου δρᾶσαι βεβούλευσαι πέρι;
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τί δʼ ἐστί σοι τοῦτʼ, Οἰδίπους, ἐνθύμιον;
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μήπω μʼ ἐρώτα· τὸν δὲ Λάϊον φύσιν
τίνʼ ἦλθε φράζε, τίνα δʼ ἀκμὴν ἥβης ἔχων.
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μέγας, χνοάζων ἄρτι λευκανθὲς κάρα,
μορφῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς οὐκ ἀπεστάτει πολύ.
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οἴμοι τάλας· ἔοικʼ ἐμαυτὸν εἰς ἀρὰς
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δεινὰς προβάλλων ἀρτίως οὐκ εἰδέναι.
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πῶς φῄς; ὀκνῶ τοι πρός σʼ ἀποσκοποῦσʼ, ἄναξ.
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δεινῶς ἀθυμῶ μὴ βλέπων ὁ μάντις ᾖ·
δείξεις δὲ μᾶλλον, ἢν ἓν ἐξείπῃς ἔτι.
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καὶ μὴν ὀκνῶ μέν, ἃ δʼ ἂν ἔρῃ μαθοῦσʼ ἐρῶ.
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πότερον ἐχώρει βαιὸς ἢ πολλοὺς ἔχων
ἄνδρας λοχίτας, οἷʼ ἀνὴρ ἀρχηγέτης;
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