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Οἰδίπους
πειστέον, κεἰ μηδὲν ἡδύ. Κρέων
πάντα γὰρ καιρῷ καλά. Οἰδίπους
οἶσθ᾽ ἐφ᾽ οἷς οὖν εἶμι; Κρέων
λέξεις, καὶ τότ᾽ εἴσομαι κλύων. Οἰδίπους
γῆς μ᾽ ὅπως πέμψεις ἄποικον. Κρέων
τοῦ θεοῦ μ᾽ αἰτεῖς δόσιν. Οἰδίπους
ἀλλὰ θεοῖς γ᾽ ἔχθιστος ἥκω. Κρέων
τοιγαροῦν τεύξει τάχα. Οἰδίπους
φῂς τάδ᾽ οὖν; Κρέων
ἃ μὴ φρονῶ γὰρ οὐ φιλῶ λέγειν μάτην. Οἰδίπους
ἄπαγέ νύν μ᾽ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη. Κρέων
στεῖχέ νυν, τέκνων δ᾽ ἀφοῦ. Οἰδίπους
μηδαμῶς ταύτας γ᾽ ἕλῃ μου. Κρέων
πάντα μὴ βούλου κρατεῖν:
καὶ γὰρ ἁκράτησας οὔ σοι τῷ βίῳ ξυνέσπετο. Χορός
ὦ πάτρας Θήβης ἔνοικοι, λεύσσετ᾽, Οἰδίπους ὅδε,
1525ὃς τὰ κλείν᾽ αἰνίγματ᾽ ᾔδει καὶ κράτιστος ἦν ἀνήρ,
οὗ τίς οὐ ζήλῳ πολιτῶν ἦν τύχαις ἐπιβλέπων,
εἰς ὅσον κλύδωνα δεινῆς συμφορᾶς ἐλήλυθεν.
ὥστε θνητὸν ὄντα κείνην τὴν τελευταίαν ἰδεῖν
ἡμέραν ἐπισκοποῦντα μηδέν᾽ ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν
1530τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών.
Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 1: Oedipus the king. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 20. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1912.
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