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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μόλις κατέσχον, θἀτέρᾳ δʼ ἰὼν πέλας
μητρὸς πατρός τʼ ἤλεγχον· οἱ δὲ δυσφόρως
τοὔνειδος ἦγον τῷ μεθέντι τὸν λόγον.
785
κἀγὼ τὰ μὲν κείνοιν ἐτερπόμην, ὅμως δʼ
ἔκνιζέ μʼ ἀεὶ τοῦθʼ· ὑφεῖρπε γὰρ πολύ.
λάθρᾳ δὲ μητρὸς καὶ πατρὸς πορεύομαι
Πυθώδε, καί μʼ ὁ Φοῖβος ὧν μὲν ἱκόμην
ἄτιμον ἐξέπεμψεν, ἄλλα δʼ ἄθλια
790
καὶ δεινὰ καὶ δύστηνα προύφηνεν λέγων,
ὡς μητρὶ μὲν χρείη με μιχθῆναι, γένος δʼ
ἄτλητον ἀνθρώποισι δηλώσοιμʼ ὁρᾶν,
φονεὺς δʼ ἐσοίμην τοῦ φυτεύσαντος πατρός.
κἀγὼ ʼπακούσας ταῦτα τὴν Κορινθίαν,
795
ἄστροις τὸ λοιπὸν ἐκμετρούμενος, χθόνα
ἔφευγον, ἔνθα μήποτʼ ὀψοίμην κακῶν
χρησμῶν ὀνείδη τῶν ἐμῶν τελούμενα.
στείχων δʼ ἱκνοῦμαι τούσδε τοὺς χώρους, ἐν οἷς
σὺ τὸν τύραννον τοῦτον ὄλλυσθαι λέγεις.
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Οἰδίπους
800
καί σοι, γύναι, τἀληθὲς ἐξερῶ. τριπλῆς
ὅτʼ ἦ κελεύθου τῆσδʼ ὁδοιπορῶν πέλας,
ἐνταῦθά μοι κῆρύξ τε κἀπὶ πωλικῆς
ἀνὴρ ἀπήνης ἐμβεβώς, οἷον σὺ φῇς,
ξυνηντίαζον· κἀξ ὁδοῦ μʼ ὅ θʼ ἡγεμὼν
805
αὐτός θʼ ὁ πρέσβυς πρὸς βίαν ἠλαυνέτην.
κἀγὼ τὸν ἐκτρέποντα, τὸν τροχηλάτην,
παίω διʼ ὀργῆς· καί μʼ ὁ πρέσβυς ὡς ὁρᾷ,
ὄχου παραστείχοντα τηρήσας, μέσον
κάρα διπλοῖς κέντροισί μου καθίκετο.
810
οὐ μὴν ἴσην γʼ ἔτισεν, ἀλλὰ συντόμως
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