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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940
τῆς Ἰσθμίας στήσουσιν, ὡς ηὐδᾶτʼ ἐκεῖ.
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Ἰοκάστη
τί δʼ; οὐχ ὁ πρέσβυς Πόλυβος ἐγκρατὴς ἔτι;
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Ἄγγελος
οὐ δῆτʼ, ἐπεί νιν θάνατος ἐν τάφοις ἔχει.
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Ἰοκάστη
πῶς εἶπας; ἦ τέθνηκε Πόλυβος, ὦ γέρον;
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Ἄγγελος
εἰ μὴ λέγω τἀληθές, ἀξιῶ θανεῖν.
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Ἰοκάστη
945
ὦ πρόσπολʼ, οὐχὶ δεσπότῃ τάδʼ ὡς τάχος
μολοῦσα λέξεις; ὦ θεῶν μαντεύματα,
ἵνʼ ἐστέ· τοῦτον Οἰδίπους πάλαι τρέμων
τὸν ἄνδρʼ ἔφευγε μὴ κτάνοι, καὶ νῦν ὅδε
πρὸς τῆς τύχης ὄλωλεν οὐδὲ τοῦδʼ ὕπο.
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Οἰδίπους
950
ὦ φίλτατον γυναικὸς Ἰοκάστης κάρα,
τί μʼ ἐξεπέμψω δεῦρο τῶνδε δωμάτων;
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Ἰοκάστη
ἄκουε τἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, καὶ σκόπει κλύων
τὰ σέμνʼ ἵνʼ ἥκει τοῦ θεοῦ μαντεύματα.
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Οἰδίπους
οὗτος δὲ τίς ποτʼ ἐστὶ καὶ τί μοι λέγει;
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Ἰοκάστη
955
ἐκ τῆς Κορίνθου, πατέρα τὸν σὸν ἀγγελῶν
ὡς οὐκέτʼ ὄντα Πόλυβον, ἀλλʼ ὀλωλότα.
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Οἰδίπους
τί φῄς, ξένʼ; αὐτός μοι σὺ σημάντωρ γενοῦ.
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Ἄγγελος
εἰ τοῦτο πρῶτον δεῖ μʼ ἀπαγγεῖλαι σαφῶς,
εὖ ἴσθʼ ἐκεῖνον θανάσιμον βεβηκότα.
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Οἰδίπους
960
πότερα δόλοισιν ἢ νόσου ξυναλλαγῇ;
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Ἄγγελος
σμικρὰ παλαιὰ σώματʼ εὐνάζει ῥοπή.
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Οἰδίπους
νόσοις ὁ τλήμων, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἔφθιτο.
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Ἄγγελος
καὶ τῷ μακρῷ γε συμμετρούμενος χρόνῳ.
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Οἰδίπους
φεῦ φεῦ, τί δῆτʼ ἄν, ὦ γύναι, σκοποῖτό τι
965
τὴν Πυθόμαντιν ἑστίαν ἢ τοὺς ἄνω
κλάζοντας ὄρνεις, ὧν ὑφηγητῶν ἐγὼ
κτενεῖν ἔμελλον πατέρα τὸν ἐμόν; ὁ δὲ θανὼν
κεύθει κάτω δὴ γῆς. ἐγὼ δʼ ὅδʼ ἐνθάδε
ἄψαυστος ἔγχους· εἴ τι μὴ τὠμῷ πόθῳ
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