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Οἰδίπους
Ἀπόλλων τάδ᾽ ἦν, Ἀπόλλων, φίλοι,
1330ὁ κακὰ κακὰ τελῶν ἐμὰ τάδ᾽ ἐμὰ πάθεα.
ἔπαισε δ᾽ αὐτόχειρ νιν οὔτις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐγὼ τλάμων.
τί γὰρ ἔδει μ᾽ ὁρᾶν,
1335ὅτῳ γ᾽ ὁρῶντι μηδὲν ἦν ἰδεῖν γλυκύ; Χορός
ἦν τᾷδ᾽ ὅπωσπερ καὶ σύ φῄς. Οἰδίπους
τί δῆτ᾽ ἐμοὶ βλεπτὸν ἢ
στερκτὸν ἢ προσήγορον
ἔτ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἀκούειν ἡδονᾷ φίλοι;
1340ἀπάγετ᾽ ἐκτόπιον ὅ τι τάχιστά με,
ἀπάγετ᾽, ὦ φίλοι, τὸν μέγ᾽ ὀλέθριον
τὸν καταρατότατον, ἔτι δὲ καὶ θεοῖς
1345ἐχθρότατον βροτῶν. Χορός
δείλαιε τοῦ νοῦ τῆς τε συμφορᾶς ἴσον,
ὡς σ᾽ ἠθέλησα μηδέ γ᾽ ἂν γνῶναί ποτε.
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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