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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λῃστὰς ἔφασκες αὐτὸν ἄνδρας ἐννέπειν
ὥς νιν κατακτείνειαν. εἰ μὲν οὖν ἔτι
λέξει τὸν αὐτὸν ἀριθμόν, οὐκ ἐγὼ ʼκτανον·
845
οὐ γὰρ γένοιτʼ ἂν εἷς γε τοῖς πολλοῖς ἴσος·
εἰ δʼ ἄνδρʼ ἕνʼ οἰόζωνον αὐδήσει, σαφῶς
τοῦτʼ ἐστὶν ἤδη τοὔργον εἰς ἐμὲ ῥέπον.
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Ἰοκάστη
ἀλλʼ ὡς φανέν γε τοὔπος ὧδʼ ἐπίστασο,
κοὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ τοῦτό γʼ ἐκβαλεῖν πάλιν·
850
πόλις γὰρ ἤκουσʼ, οὐκ ἐγὼ μόνη, τάδε.
εἰ δʼ οὖν τι κἀκτρέποιτο τοῦ πρόσθεν λόγου,
οὔτοι ποτʼ, ὦναξ, σόν γε Λαΐου φόνον
φανεῖ δικαίως ὀρθόν, ὅν γε Λοξίας
διεῖπε χρῆναι παιδὸς ἐξ ἐμοῦ θανεῖν.
855
καίτοι νιν οὐ κεῖνός γʼ ὁ δύστηνός ποτε
κατέκτανʼ, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς πάροιθεν ὤλετο.
ὥστʼ οὐχὶ μαντείας γʼ ἂν οὔτε τῇδʼ ἐγὼ
βλέψαιμʼ ἂν εἵνεκʼ οὔτε τῇδʼ ἂν ὕστερον.
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Οἰδίπους
καλῶς νομίζεις· ἀλλʼ ὅμως τὸν ἐργάτην
860
πέμψον τινὰ στελοῦντα μηδὲ τοῦτʼ ἀφῇς.
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Ἰοκάστη
πέμψω ταχύνασʼ· ἀλλʼ ἴωμεν ἐς δόμους·
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἂν πράξαιμʼ ἂν ὧν οὐ σοὶ φίλον.
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Χορός
εἴ μοι ξυνείη φέροντι
μοῖρα τὰν εὔσεπτον ἁγνείαν λόγων
865
ἔργων τε πάντων, ὧν νόμοι πρόκεινται
ὑψίποδες, οὐρανίαν
διʼ αἰθέρα τεκνωθέντες, ὧν Ὄλυμπος
πατὴρ μόνος, οὐδέ νιν
θνατὰ φύσις ἀνέρων
870
ἔτικτεν οὐδὲ μή ποτε λάθα κατακοιμάσῃ·
μέγας ἐν τούτοις θεὸς οὐδὲ γηράσκει.
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