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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εἰ τῶνδε χρῄζεις πλησιαζόντων κλύειν,
ἕτοιμος εἰπεῖν, εἴτε καὶ στείχειν ἔσω.
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ἐς πάντας αὔδα· τῶνδε γὰρ πλέον φέρω
τὸ πένθος ἢ καὶ τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς πέρι.
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Κρέων
95
λέγοιμʼ ἂν οἷʼ ἤκουσα τοῦ θεοῦ πάρα.
ἄνωγεν ἡμᾶς Φοῖβος ἐμφανῶς ἄναξ
μίασμα χώρας, ὡς τεθραμμένον χθονὶ
ἐν τῇδʼ, ἐλαύνειν μηδʼ ἀνήκεστον τρέφειν.
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Οἰδίπους
ποίῳ καθαρμῷ; τίς ὁ τρόπος τῆς ξυμφορᾶς;
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Κρέων
100
ἀνδρηλατοῦντας ἢ φόνῳ φόνον πάλιν
λύοντας, ὡς τόδʼ αἷμα χειμάζον πόλιν.
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Οἰδίπους
ποίου γὰρ ἀνδρὸς τήνδε μηνύει τύχην;
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Κρέων
ἦν ἡμίν, ὦναξ, Λάϊός ποθʼ ἡγεμὼν
γῆς τῆσδε, πρὶν σὲ τήνδʼ ἀπευθύνειν πόλιν.
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105
ἔξοιδʼ ἀκούων· οὐ γὰρ εἰσεῖδόν γέ πω.
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Κρέων
τούτου θανόντος νῦν ἐπιστέλλει σαφῶς
τοὺς αὐτοέντας χειρὶ τιμωρεῖν τινας.
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Οἰδίπους
οἳ δʼ εἰσὶ ποῦ γῆς; ποῦ τόδʼ εὑρεθήσεται
ἴχνος παλαιᾶς δυστέκμαρτον αἰτίας;
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Κρέων
110
ἐν τῇδʼ ἔφασκε γῇ· τὸ δὲ ζητούμενον
ἁλωτόν, ἐκφεύγειν δὲ τἀμελούμενον.
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Οἰδίπους
πότερα δʼ ἐν οἴκοις ἢ ʼν ἀγροῖς ὁ Λάϊος
ἢ γῆς ἐπʼ ἄλλης τῷδε συμπίπτει φόνῳ;
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Κρέων
θεωρός, ὡς ἔφασκεν, ἐκδημῶν, πάλιν
115
πρὸς οἶκον οὐκέθʼ ἵκεθʼ, ὡς ἀπεστάλη.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐδʼ ἄγγελός τις οὐδὲ συμπράκτωρ ὁδοῦ
κατεῖδʼ, ὅτου τις ἐκμαθὼν ἐχρήσατʼ ἄν;
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Κρέων
θνῄσκουσι γάρ, πλὴν εἷς τις, ὃς φόβῳ, φυγὼν
ὧν εἶδε πλὴν ἓν οὐδὲν εἶχʼ εἰδὼς φράσαι.
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Οἰδίπους
120
τὸ ποῖον; ἓν γὰρ πόλλʼ ἂν ἐξεύροι μαθεῖν,
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