Oι̉δίπoυς τύραννoς

Gustave Moreau (1864)

Οἰδίπους

ἰοὺ ἰού: τὰ πάντ᾽ ἂν ἐξήκοι σαφῆ.

ὦ φῶς, τελευταῖόν σε προσβλέψαιμι νῦν,

ὅστις πέφασμαι φύς τ᾽ ἀφ᾽ ὧν οὐ χρῆν, ξὺν οἷς τ᾽

οὐ χρῆν ὁμιλῶν, οὕς τέ μ᾽ οὐκ ἔδει κτανών

Oedipus:

Ah me! ah me! all brought to pass, all true!

O light, may I behold thee nevermore!

I stand a wretch, in birth, in wedlock cursed,

A parricide, incestuously, triply cursed!

Oι̉δίπoυς τύραννoς, Oidipous Tyrannos, Oedipus Rex. Sófocles (430 a.C)