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Ἐξάγγελος

ὦ γῆς μέγιστα τῆσδ᾽ ἀεὶ τιμώμενοι,
οἷ᾽, ἔργ᾽ ἀκούσεσθ᾽, οἷα δ᾽ εἰσόψεσθ᾽, ὅσον δ᾽
1225ἀρεῖσθε πένθος, εἴπερ ἐγγενῶς ἔτι
τῶν Λαβδακείων ἐντρέπεσθε δωμάτων.
οἶμαι γὰρ οὔτ᾽ ἂν Ἴστρον οὔτε Φᾶσιν ἂν
νίψαι καθαρμῷ τήνδε τὴν στέγην, ὅσα
κεύθει, τὰ δ᾽ αὐτίκ᾽ εἰς τὸ φῶς φανεῖ κακὰ
1230ἑκόντα κοὐκ ἄκοντα. τῶν δὲ πημονῶν
μάλιστα λυποῦσ᾽ αἳ φανῶσ᾽ αὐθαίρετοι.

Χορός

λείπει μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἃ πρόσθεν εἴδομεν τὸ μὴ οὐ
βαρύστον᾽ εἶναι: πρὸς δ᾽ ἐκείνοισιν τί φῄς;

Ἐξάγγελος

ὁ μὲν τάχιστος τῶν λόγων εἰπεῖν τε καὶ
1235μαθεῖν, τέθνηκε θεῖον Ἰοκάστης κάρα.

Χορός

ὦ δυστάλαινα, πρὸς τίνος ποτ᾽ αἰτίας;

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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