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Ἰοκάστη

τί τὴν ἄβουλον, ὦ ταλαίπωροι, στάσιν
635γλώσσης ἐπήρασθ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐπαισχύνεσθε γῆς
οὕτω νοσούσης ἴδια κινοῦντες κακά;
οὐκ εἶ σύ τ᾽ οἴκους σύ τε, Κρέων, κατὰ στέγας,
καὶ μὴ τὸ μηδὲν ἄλγος εἰς μέγ᾽ οἴσετε;

Κρέων

ὅμαιμε, δεινά μ᾽ Οἰδίπους ὁ σὸς πόσις
640δρᾶσαι δικαιοῖ δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν
ἢ γῆς ἀπῶσαι πατρίδος ἢ κτεῖναι λαβών.

Οἰδίπους

ξύμφημι: δρῶντα γάρ νιν, ὦ γύναι, κακῶς
εἴληφα τοὐμὸν σῶμα σὺν τέχνῃ κακῇ.

Κρέων

μή νυν ὀναίμην, ἀλλ᾽ ἀραῖος, εἴ σέ τι
645δέδρακ᾽, ὀλοίμην, ὧν ἐπαιτιᾷ με δρᾶν.

Ἰοκάστη

ὦ πρὸς θεῶν πίστευσον, Οἰδίπους, τάδε,
μάλιστα μὲν τόνδ᾽ ὅρκον αἰδεσθεὶς θεῶν,
ἔπειτα κἀμὲ τούσδε θ᾽ οἳ πάρεισί σοι.

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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