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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970
κατέφθιθʼ· οὕτω δʼ ἂν θανὼν εἴη ʼξ ἐμοῦ.
τὰ δʼ οὖν παρόντα συλλαβὼν θεσπίσματα
κεῖται παρʼ Ἅιδῃ Πόλυβος ἄξιʼ οὐδενός.
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Ἰοκάστη
οὔκουν ἐγώ σοι ταῦτα προύλεγον πάλαι;
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Οἰδίπους
ηὔδας· ἐγὼ δὲ τῷ φόβῳ παρηγόμην.
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Ἰοκάστη
975
μὴ νῦν ἔτʼ αὐτῶν μηδὲν ἐς θυμὸν βάλῃς.
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Οἰδίπους
καὶ πῶς τὸ μητρὸς οὐκ ὀκνεῖν λέχος με δεῖ;
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Ἰοκάστη
τί δʼ ἂν φοβοῖτʼ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ τὰ τῆς τύχης
κρατεῖ, πρόνοια δʼ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής;
εἰκῆ κράτιστον ζῆν, ὅπως δύναιτό τις.
980
σὺ δʼ εἰς τὰ μητρὸς μὴ φοβοῦ νυμφεύματα·
πολλοὶ γὰρ ἤδη κἀν ὀνείρασιν βροτῶν
μητρὶ ξυνηυνάσθησαν. ἀλλὰ ταῦθʼ ὅτῳ
παρʼ οὐδέν ἐστι, ῥᾷστα τὸν βίον φέρει.
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Οἰδίπους
καλῶς ἅπαντα ταῦτʼ ἂν ἐξείρητό σοι,
985
εἰ μὴ ʼκύρει ζῶσʼ ἡ τεκοῦσα· νῦν δʼ ἐπεὶ
ζῇ, πᾶσʼ ἀνάγκη, κεἰ καλῶς λέγεις, ὀκνεῖν.
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Ἰοκάστη
καὶ μὴν μέγας γʼ ὀφθαλμὸς οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι.
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Οἰδίπους
μέγας, ξυνίημʼ· ἀλλὰ τῆς ζώσης φόβος.
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Ἄγγελος
ποίας δὲ καὶ γυναικὸς ἐκφοβεῖσθʼ ὕπερ;
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Οἰδίπους
990
Μερόπης, γεραιέ, Πόλυβος ἧς ᾤκει μέτα.
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Ἄγγελος
τί δʼ ἔστʼ ἐκείνης ὑμὶν ἐς φόβον φέρον;
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Οἰδίπους
θεήλατον μάντευμα δεινόν, ὦ ξένε.
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Ἄγγελος
ἦ ῥητόν; ἢ οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδέναι;
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Οἰδίπους
μάλιστά γʼ· εἶπε γάρ με Λοξίας ποτὲ
995
χρῆναι μιγῆναι μητρὶ τἠμαυτοῦ τό τε
πατρῷον αἷμα χερσὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἑλεῖν.
ὧν οὕνεχʼ ἡ Κόρινθος ἐξ ἐμοῦ πάλαι
μακρὰν ἀπῳκεῖτʼ· εὐτυχῶς μέν, ἀλλʼ ὅμως
τὰ τῶν τεκόντων ὄμμαθʼ ἥδιστον βλέπειν.
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