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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μέσης ἀπήνης εὐθὺς ἐκκυλίνδεται·
κτείνω δὲ τοὺς ξύμπαντας. εἰ δὲ τῷ ξένῳ
τούτῳ προσήκει Λαΐου τι συγγενές,
815
τίς τοῦδέ γʼ ἀνδρός ἐστιν ἀθλιώτερος;
τίς ἐχθροδαίμων μᾶλλον ἂν γένοιτʼ ἀνήρ;
ὃν μὴ ξένων ἔξεστι μηδʼ ἀστῶν τινι
δόμοις δέχεσθαι μηδὲ προσφωνεῖν τινα,
ὠθεῖν δʼ ἀπʼ οἴκων. καὶ τάδʼ οὔτις ἄλλος ἦν
820
ἢ ʼγὼ ʼπʼ ἐμαυτῷ τάσδʼ ἀρὰς ὁ προστιθείς.
λέχη δὲ τοῦ θανόντος ἐκ χεροῖν ἐμαῖν
χραίνω, διʼ ὧνπερ ὤλετʼ· ἆρʼ ἔφυν κακός;
ἆρʼ οὐχὶ πᾶς ἄναγνος; εἴ με χρὴ φυγεῖν,
καί μοι φυγόντι μἤστι τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἰδεῖν
825
μηδʼ ἐμβατεύειν πατρίδος, ἢ γάμοις με δεῖ
μητρὸς ζυγῆναι καὶ πατέρα κατακτανεῖν
Πόλυβον, ὃς ἐξέφυσε κἀξέθρεψέ με.
ἆρʼ οὐκ ἀπʼ ὠμοῦ ταῦτα δαίμονός τις ἂν
κρίνων ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδʼ ἂν ὀρθοίη λόγον;
830
μὴ δῆτα, μὴ δῆτʼ, ὦ θεῶν ἁγνὸν σέβας,
ἴδοιμι ταύτην ἡμέραν, ἀλλʼ ἐκ βροτῶν
βαίην ἄφαντος πρόσθεν ἢ τοιάνδʼ ἰδεῖν
κηλῖδʼ ἐμαυτῷ συμφορᾶς ἀφιγμένην.
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Χορός
ἡμῖν μέν, ὦναξ, ταῦτʼ ὀκνήρʼ· ἕως δʼ ἂν οὖν
835
πρὸς τοῦ παρόντος ἐκμάθῃς, ἔχʼ ἐλπίδα.
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Οἰδίπους
καὶ μὴν τοσοῦτόν γʼ ἐστί μοι τῆς ἐλπίδος,
τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν βοτῆρα προσμεῖναι μόνον.
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Ἰοκάστη
πεφασμένου δὲ τίς ποθʼ ἡ προθυμία;
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Οἰδίπους
ἐγὼ διδάξω σʼ· ἢν γὰρ εὑρεθῇ λέγων
840
σοὶ ταὔτʼ, ἔγωγʼ ἂν ἐκπεφευγοίην πάθος.
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Ἰοκάστη
ποῖον δέ μου περισσὸν ἤκουσας λόγον;
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