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Οἰδίπους
ὄλοιθ᾽ ὅστις ἦν, ὃς ἀγρίας πέδας
1350μονάδ᾽ ἐπιποδίας ἔλυσ᾽ μ᾽ ἀπό τε φόνου
ἔρυτο κἀνέσωσεν, οὐδὲν εἰς χάριν πράσσων.
τότε γὰρ ἂν θανὼν
1355οὐκ ἦ φίλοισιν οὐδ᾽ ἐμοὶ τοσόνδ᾽ ἄχος. Χορός
θέλοντι κἀμοὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἂν ἦν. Οἰδίπους
οὔκουν πατρός γ᾽ ἂν φονεὺς
ἦλθον οὐδὲ νυμφίος
βροτοῖς ἐκλήθην ὧν ἔφυν ἄπο.
1360νῦν δ᾽ ἄθεος μέν εἰμ᾽, ἀνοσίων δὲ παῖς,
ὁμολεχὴς δ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὧν αὐτὸς ἔφυν τάλας.
1365εἰ δέ τι πρεσβύτερον ἔτι κακοῦ κακόν,
τοῦτ᾽ ἔλαχ᾽ Οἰδίπους.
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