Οἰδίπους
330τί φής; ξυνειδὼς οὐ φράσεις, ἀλλ᾽ ἐννοεῖς
ἡμᾶς προδοῦναι καὶ καταφθεῖραι πόλιν;
Τειρεσίας
ἐγὼ οὔτ᾽ ἐμαυτὸν οὔτε σ᾽ ἀλγυνῶ. τί ταῦτ᾽
ἄλλως ἐλέγχεις; οὐ γὰρ ἂν πύθοιό μου.
Οἰδίπους
οὐκ, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε, καὶ γὰρ ἂν πέτρου
335φύσιν σύ γ᾽ ὀργάνειας, ἐξερεῖς ποτε,
ἀλλ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἄτεγκτος κἀτελεύτητος φανεῖ;
Τειρεσίας
ὀργὴν ἐμέμψω τὴν ἐμήν, τὴν σὴν δ᾽ ὁμοῦ
ναίουσαν οὐ κατεῖδες, ἀλλ᾽ ἐμὲ ψέγεις.
Οἰδίπους
τίς γὰρ τοιαῦτ᾽ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ὀργίζοιτ᾽ ἔπη
340κλύων, ἃ νῦν σὺ τήνδ᾽ ἀτιμάζεις πόλιν;
Τειρεσίας
ἥξει γὰρ αὐτά, κἂν ἐγὼ σιγῇ στέγω.
Οἰδίπους
οὐκοῦν ἅ γ᾽ ἥξει καὶ σὲ χρὴ λέγειν ἐμοί.
Τειρεσίας
οὐκ ἂν πέρα φράσαιμι. πρὸς τάδ᾽, εἰ θέλεις,
θυμοῦ δι᾽ ὀργῆς ἥτις ἀγριωτάτη.
Οἰδίπους
345καὶ μὴν παρήσω γ᾽ οὐδέν, ὡς ὀργῆς ἔχω,
ἅπερ ξυνίημ᾽: ἴσθι γὰρ δοκῶν ἐμοὶ
καὶ ξυμφυτεῦσαι τοὔργον εἰργάσθαι θ᾽, ὅσον
μὴ χερσὶ καίνων: εἰ δ᾽ ἐτύγχανες βλέπων,
καὶ τοὔργον ἂν σοῦ τοῦτ᾽, ἔφην εἶναι μόνου.
Τειρεσίας
350ἄληθες; ἐννέπω σὲ τῷ κηρύγματι
ᾧπερ προεῖπας ἐμμένειν, κἀφ᾽ ἡμέρας
τῆς νῦν προσαυδᾶν μήτε τούσδε μήτ᾽ ἐμέ,
ὡς ὄντι γῆς τῆσδ᾽ ἀνοσίῳ μιάστορι.
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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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