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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πέντʼ ἦσαν οἱ ξύμπαντες, ἐν δʼ αὐτοῖσιν ἦν .
κῆρυξ· ἀπήνη δʼ ἦγε Λάϊον μία.
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Οἰδίπους
αἰαῖ, τάδʼ ἤδη διαφανῆ. τίς ἦν ποτε
755
ὁ τούσδε λέξας τοὺς λόγους ὑμῖν, γύναι;
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Ἰοκάστη
οἰκεύς τις, ὅσπερ ἵκετʼ ἐκσωθεὶς μόνος.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ κἀν δόμοισι τυγχάνει τανῦν παρών;
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Ἰοκάστη
οὐ δῆτʼ· ἀφʼ οὗ γὰρ κεῖθεν ἦλθε καὶ κράτη
σέ τʼ εἶδʼ ἔχοντα Λάϊόν τʼ ὀλωλότα,
760
ἐξικέτευσε τῆς ἐμῆς χειρὸς θιγὼν
ἀγρούς σφε πέμψαι κἀπὶ ποιμνίων νομάς,
ὡς πλεῖστον εἴη τοῦδʼ ἄποπτος ἄστεως.
κἄπεμψʼ ἐγώ νιν· ἄξιος γὰρ οἷʼ ἀνὴρ
δοῦλος φέρειν ἦν τῆσδε καὶ μείζω χάριν.
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Οἰδίπους
765
πῶς ἂν μόλοι δῆθʼ ἡμὶν ἐν τάχει πάλιν;
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Ἰοκάστη
πάρεστιν· ἀλλὰ πρὸς τί τοῦτʼ ἐφίεσαι;
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Οἰδίπους
δέδοικʼ ἐμαυτόν, ὦ γύναι, μὴ πόλλʼ ἄγαν
εἰρημένʼ ᾖ μοι διʼ ἅ νιν εἰσιδεῖν θέλω.
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Ἰοκάστη
ἀλλʼ ἵξεται μέν· ἀξία δέ που μαθεῖν
770
κἀγὼ τά γʼ ἐν σοὶ δυσφόρως ἔχοντʼ, ἄναξ.
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Οἰδίπους
κοὐ μὴ στερηθῇς γʼ, ἐς τοσοῦτον ἐλπίδων
ἐμοῦ βεβῶτος. τῷ γὰρ ἂν καὶ μείζονι
λέξαιμʼ ἂν ἢ σοί, διὰ τύχης τοιᾶσδʼ ἰών;
ἐμοὶ πατὴρ μὲν Πόλυβος ἦν Κορίνθιος,
775
μήτηρ δὲ Μερόπη Δωρίς. ἠγόμην δʼ ἀνὴρ
ἀστῶν μέγιστος τῶν ἐκεῖ, πρίν μοι τύχη
τοιάδʼ ἐπέστη, θαυμάσαι μὲν ἀξία,
σπουδῆς γε μέντοι τῆς ἐμῆς οὐκ ἀξία.
ἀνὴρ γὰρ ἐν δείπνοις μʼ ὑπερπλησθεὶς μέθῃ
780
καλεῖ παρʼ οἴνῳ, πλαστὸς ὡς εἴην πατρί.
κἀγὼ βαρυνθεὶς τὴν μὲν οὖσαν ἡμέραν
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