§402ἀγηλατήσειν·
"...to banish me.
εἰ δὲ μὴ ʼδόκεις γέρων §403εἶναι, παθὼν ἔγνως ἂν οἷά περ φρονεῖς. §404ἡμῖν μὲν εἰκάζουσι καὶ τὰ τοῦδʼ ἔπη §405ὀργῇ λελέχθαι καὶ τά σʼ, Οἰδίπους, δοκεῖ, §406δεῖ δʼ οὐ τοιούτων, ἀλλʼ ὅπως τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ §407μαντεῖʼ ἄριστα λύσομεν, τόδε σκοπεῖν. §408εἰ καὶ τυραννεῖς, ἐξισωτέον τὸ γοῦν §409ἴσʼ ἀντιλέξαι·
If you did not seem to be an old man, you would have learned by suffering what kind of things you plot." "To us, it seems that both this man's words and yours, Oedipus, have been spoken in anger; but there is no need of such things, but rather how we may best solve the god's oracle, this is what we must consider." "Even if you are king, the right of replying equally at least must be made equal; for of this I too am master.
τοῦδε γὰρ κἀγὼ κρατῶ. §410οὐ γάρ τι σοὶ ζῶ δοῦλος, ἀλλὰ Λοξίᾳ· §411ὥστʼ οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι. §412λέγω δʼ, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τυφλόν μʼ ὠνείδισας· §413σὺ καὶ δέδορκας κοὐ βλέπεις ἵνʼ εἶ κακοῦ, §414οὐδʼ ἔνθα ναίεις, οὐδʼ ὅτων οἰκεῖς μέτα.
For I do not live as a slave to you, but to Loxias; so I shall not be registered with Creon as my patron." "And I say, since you have reproached me even as blind: you have sight, and yet you do not see in what a plight of evil you are, nor where you dwell, nor with whom you live.
§415ἆρʼ οἶσθʼ ἀφʼ ὧν εἶ;
Do you know from whom you are?
καὶ λέληθας ἐχθρὸς ὢν §416τοῖς σοῖσιν αὐτοῦ νέρθε κἀπὶ γῆς ἄνω, §417καί σʼ ἀμφιπλὴξ μητρός τε καὶ τοῦ σοῦ πατρὸς §418ἐλᾷ ποτʼ ἐκ γῆς τῆσδε δεινόπους ἀρά, §419βλέποντα νῦν μὲν ὄρθʼ, ἔπειτα δὲ σκότον.
And you are unaware of being an enemy to your own kin below and upon the earth above, and a double-striking curse from both your mother and your father will one day drive you from this land with dread foot, seeing straight now indeed, but then only darkness.
§420βοῆς δὲ τῆς σῆς ποῖος οὐκ ἔσται λιμήν, §421ποῖος Κιθαιρὼν οὐχὶ σύμφωνος τάχα, §422ὅταν καταίσθῃ τὸν ὑμέναιον, ὃν δόμοις §423ἄνορμον εἰσέπλευσας, εὐπλοίας τυχών;
And for your cry, what harbor will there not be, what Cithaeron will not soon echo with it, when you perceive that marriage-song, which in your home you sailed into, finding an unsafe anchorage after a fair voyage?
And you do not perceive the multitude of other evils, which will make you equal to yourself and to your own children.
§426πρὸς ταῦτα καὶ Κρέοντα καὶ τοὐμὸν στόμα §427προπηλάκιζε· σοῦ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν βροτῶν §428κάκιον ὅστις ἐκτριβήσεταί ποτε. §429ἦ ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνεκτὰ πρὸς τούτου κλύειν;
Therefore, both Creon and my mouth heap with insults; for there is no mortal who will ever be crushed more wretchedly than you." "Are these things indeed tolerable to hear from this man?
§430οὐκ εἰς ὄλεθρον;
Go to perdition!
οὐχὶ θᾶσσον;
Quickly!
οὐ πάλιν §431ἄψορρος οἴκων τῶνδʼ ἀποστραφεὶς ἄπει; §432οὐδʼ ἱκόμην ἔγωγʼ ἄν, εἰ σὺ μὴ ʼκάλεις. §433οὐ γάρ τί σʼ ᾔδη μῶρα φωνήσοντʼ, ἐπεὶ §434σχολῇ σʼ ἂν οἴκους τοὺς ἐμοὺς ἐστειλάμην. §435ἡμεῖς τοιοίδʼ ἔφυμεν, ὡς μὲν σοὶ δοκεῖ, §436μῶροι, γονεῦσι δʼ, οἵ σʼ ἔφυσαν, ἔμφρονες.
Turn back and go away from these houses!" "I would not indeed have come, if you had not called me." "For I did not know that you would speak foolish things, otherwise I would have been slow to summon you to my house." "We were born such, as seems to you indeed, foolish, but to the parents who begot you, wise." "What parents?
§437ποίοισι; μεῖνον, τίς δέ μʼ ἐκφύει βροτῶν;
Stay!
§438ἥδʼ ἡμέρα φύσει σε καὶ διαφθερεῖ. §439ὡς πάντʼ ἄγαν αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις. §440οὔκουν σὺ ταῦτʼ ἄριστος εὑρίσκειν ἔφυς; §441τοιαῦτʼ ὀνείδιζʼ, οἷς ἔμʼ εὑρήσεις μέγαν. §442αὕτη γε μέντοι σʼ ἡ τύχη διώλεσεν. §443ἀλλʼ εἰ πόλιν τήνδʼ ἐξέσωσʼ, οὔ μοι μέλει.
And who of mortals begot me?" "This day will bring you to birth and will destroy you." "How excessively riddling and obscure is everything you say!" "Were you not then born most excellent at finding these things out?" "Reproach me with those things in which you will find me great." "Yet indeed, this very fortune destroyed you." "But if I saved this city, it is of no concern to me." "I shall depart then.
§444ἄπειμι τοίνυν· καὶ σύ, παῖ, κόμιζέ με. §445κομιζέτω δῆθʼ· ὡς παρὼν σύ γʼ ἐμποδὼν §446ὀχλεῖς, συθείς τʼ ἂν οὐκ ἂν ἀλγύνοις πλέον. §447εἰπὼν ἄπειμʼ ὧν οὕνεκʼ, ἦλθον, οὐ τὸ σὸν §448δείσας πρόσωπον· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ὅπου μʼ ὀλεῖς.
And you, boy, lead me." "Let him lead you indeed; since while you are here, you are a hindrance and trouble; and once gone, you would not pain me further." "I shall go after speaking of those things for which I came, not fearing your presence; for there is no way that you will destroy me.
§449λέγω δέ σοι· τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον, ὃν πάλαι §450ζητεῖς ἀπειλῶν κἀνακηρύσσων φόνον §451τὸν Λαΐειον, οὗτός ἐστιν ἐνθάδε, §452ξένος λόγῳ μέτοικος, εἶτα δʼ ἐγγενὴς §453φανήσεται Θηβαῖος, οὐδʼ ἡσθήσεται §454τῇ ξυμφορᾷ·
And I tell you: that man whom you have long been seeking with threats and proclaiming the murder of Laius, that man is here, in word a resident alien, but then native-born Theban he will be shown to be; nor will he be pleased at his fortune.
τυφλὸς γὰρ ἐκ δεδορκότος §455καὶ πτωχὸς ἀντὶ πλουσίου ξένην ἔπι §456σκήπτρῳ προδεικνὺς γαῖαν ἐμπορεύσεται.
For blind instead of seeing, and a beggar instead of rich, to a foreign land he will travel, feeling his way before him with a staff.
§457φανήσεται δὲ παισὶ τοῖς αὑτοῦ ξυνὼν §458ἀδελφὸς αὑτὸς καὶ πατήρ, κἀξ ἧς ἔφυ §459γυναικὸς υἱὸς καὶ πόσις, καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς §460ὁμόσπορός τε καὶ φονεύς.
And he will be shown to be to his own children brother and father at once, and to her from whom he was born son and husband, and to his father both sharer of his wife and murderer.
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἰὼν §461εἴσω λογίζου· κἂν λάβῃς ἐψευσμένον, §462φάσκειν ἔμʼ ἤδη μαντικῇ μηδὲν φρονεῖν. §463τίς ὅντινʼ ἁ θεσπιέπεια Δελφὶς εἶπε πέτρα §465ἄρρητʼ ἀρρήτων τελέσαντα φοινίαισι χερσίν;
Go in and reason on these things; and if you catch me having lied, say then that I now have no wisdom in prophecy." "Who is he whom the divine Delphi rock spoke of, having accomplished unspeakable of unspeakable deeds with bloody hands?
It is time for him to guide his foot in flight swifter than storm-swift horses.
§469ἔνοπλος γὰρ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν ἐπενθρῴσκει §470πυρὶ καὶ στεροπαῖς ὁ Διὸς γενέτας, §471δειναὶ δʼ ἅμʼ ἕπονται §472κῆρες ἀναπλάκητοι
For armed against him leaps upon him with fire and lightnings the son of Zeus, and dread follow together with him the unerring fates of death.
For just now shone forth, recently revealed, the voice of snowy Parnassus, to track down the unknown man by all means.
§475φοιτᾷ γὰρ ὑπʼ ἀγρίαν §476ὕλαν ἀνά τʼ ἄντρα καὶ §477πέτρας ἰσόταυρος §478μέλεος μελέῳ ποδὶ χηρεύων, §480τὰ μεσόμφαλα γᾶς ἀπονοσφίζων §481μαντεῖα· τὰ δʼ ἀεὶ §482ζῶντα περιποτᾶται.
For he wanders under the wild wood, and among caves and rocks like a bull, wretched, keeping lonely way with wretched foot, shunning the prophecies from the center of the earth; but they forever living flutter around him.
§483δεινὰ μὲν οὖν, δεινὰ ταράσσει σοφὸς οἰωνοθέτας
Dread indeed, dread things does the wise bird-interpreter stir up in me."