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Ἰοκάστη

τί δ᾽ ἂν φοβοῖτ᾽ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ τὰ τῆς τύχης
κρατεῖ, πρόνοια δ᾽ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής;
εἰκῆ κράτιστον ζῆν, ὅπως δύναιτό τις.
980σὺ δ᾽ εἰς τὰ μητρὸς μὴ φοβοῦ νυμφεύματα:
πολλοὶ γὰρ ἤδη κἀν ὀνείρασιν βροτῶν
μητρὶ ξυνηυνάσθησαν. ἀλλὰ ταῦθ᾽ ὅτῳ
παρ᾽ οὐδέν ἐστι, ῥᾷστα τὸν βίον φέρει.

Οἰδίπους

καλῶς ἅπαντα ταῦτ᾽ ἂν ἐξείρητό σοι,
985εἰ μὴ 'κύρει ζῶσ᾽ ἡ τεκοῦσα: νῦν δ᾽ ἐπεὶ
ζῇ, πᾶσ᾽ ἀνάγκη, κεἰ καλῶς λέγεις, ὀκνεῖν.

Ἰοκάστη

καὶ μὴν μέγας γ᾽ ὀφθαλμὸς οἱ πατρὸς τάφοι.

Οἰδίπους

μέγας, ξυνίημ᾽: ἀλλὰ τῆς ζώσης φόβος.

Ἄγγελος

ποίας δὲ καὶ γυναικὸς ἐκφοβεῖσθ᾽ ὕπερ;

Οἰδίπους

990Μερόπης, γεραιέ, Πόλυβος ἧς ᾤκει μέτα.

Ἄγγελος

τί δ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκείνης ὑμὶν ἐς φόβον φέρον;

Οἰδίπους

θεήλατον μάντευμα δεινόν, ὦ ξένε.

Ἄγγελος

ἦ ῥητόν; ἢ οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδέναι;

Οἰδίπους

μάλιστά γ᾽: εἶπε γάρ με Λοξίας ποτὲ
995χρῆναι μιγῆναι μητρὶ τἠμαυτοῦ τό τε
πατρῷον αἷμα χερσὶ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἑλεῖν.
ὧν οὕνεχ᾽ ἡ Κόρινθος ἐξ ἐμοῦ πάλαι
μακρὰν ἀπῳκεῖτ᾽: εὐτυχῶς μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως
τὰ τῶν τεκόντων ὄμμαθ᾽ ἥδιστον βλέπειν.

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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