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Ἑλληνική Transliterate

And to furnish the persuaded soldiers , he joined in wrongdoing to them . And he devised to be honored and cared for by showing that he could be able to and willing to do wrong . He recounted a good deed whenever anyone was absent from him , and using him , because he did not destroy him . And then about him failed to put in an appearance , it is possible to deceive , but all knows these . From Aristippus , while still being produced at the right season , he accomplished to be general of his mercenaries ; But Ariaeus , being a barbarian , became very close because he was delighted in beautiful boys ; But he himself being beardless , had a favourite boy , Tharypas with a beard . And when the fellow generals were dying because they had advanced with Cyrus against the King , he had done the same thing , did not die . But after the decapitation of other generals , that having been taken vengeance by the king , he died . Not as Clearchus and the other generals having been beheaded , the death was expected to be quick , but he , having been tortured living for a year , is said to be at end of wickedness .

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Χορός

οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως σε φῶ βεβουλεῦσθαι καλῶς :
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ᾽ ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός .



Οἰδίπους

ὡς μὲν τάδ᾽ οὐχ ὧδ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἄριστ᾽ εἰργασμένα ,
μή μ᾽ ἐκδίδασκε , μηδὲ συμβούλευ᾽ ἔτι .
ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὄμμασιν ποίοις βλέπων
πατέρα ποτ᾽ ἂν προσεῖδον εἰς Ἅιδου μολὼν
οὐδ᾽ αὖ τάλαιναν μητέρ᾽ , οἷν ἐμοὶ δυοῖν
ἔργ᾽ ἐστὶ κρείσσον᾽ ἀγχόνης εἰργασμένα .
ἀλλ᾽ ἡ τέκνων δῆτ᾽ ὄψις ἦν ἐφίμερος ,
βλαστοῦσ᾽ ὅπως ἔβλαστε , προσλεύσσειν ἐμοί ;
οὐ δῆτα τοῖς γ᾽ ἐμοῖσιν ὀφθαλμοῖς ποτε :
οὐδ᾽ ἄστυ γ᾽ οὐδὲ πύργος οὐδὲ δαιμόνων
ἀγάλμαθ᾽ ἱερά , τῶν ὁ παντλήμων ἐγὼ
κάλλιστ᾽ ἀνὴρ εἷς ἔν γε ταῖς Θήβαις τραφεὶς
ἀπεστέρησ᾽ ἐμαυτόν , αὐτὸς ἐννέπων
ὠθεῖν ἅπαντας τὸν ἀσεβῆ , τὸν ἐκ θεῶν
φανέντ᾽ ἄναγνον καὶ γένους τοῦ Λαΐου .
τοιάνδ᾽ ἐγὼ κηλῖδα μηνύσας ἐμὴν
ὀρθοῖς ἔμελλον ὄμμασιν τούτους ὁρᾶν ;
ἥκιστά γ᾽ : ἀλλ᾽ εἰ τῆς ἀκουούσης ἔτ᾽ ἦν
πηγῆς δι᾽ ὤτων φραγμός , οὐκ ἂν ἐσχόμην
τὸ μὴ ἀποκλῇσαι τοὐμὸν ἄθλιον δέμας ,
ἵν᾽ ἦ τυφλός τε καὶ κλύων μηδέν : τὸ γὰρ
τὴν φροντίδ᾽ ἔξω τῶν κακῶν οἰκεῖν γλυκύ .
ἰὼ Κιθαιρών , τί μ᾽ ἐδέχου ; τί μ᾽ οὐ λαβὼν
ἔκτεινας εὐθύς , ὡς ἔδειξα μήποτε
ἐμαυτὸν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔνθεν ἦ γεγώς ;
ὦ Πόλυβε καὶ Κόρινθε καὶ τὰ πάτρια
λόγῳ παλαιὰ δώμαθ᾽ , οἷον ἆρά με
κάλλος κακῶν ὕπουλον ἐξεθρέψατε :
νῦν γὰρ κακός τ᾽ ὢν κἀκ κακῶν εὑρίσκομαι .
ὦ τρεῖς κέλευθοι καὶ κεκρυμμένη νάπη
δρυμός τε καὶ στενωπὸς ἐν τριπλαῖς ὁδοῖς ,
αἳ τοὐμὸν αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν χειρῶν ἄπο
ἐπίετε πατρός , ἆρά μου μέμνησθ᾽ ἔτι
οἷ᾽ ἔργα δράσας ὑμὶν εἶτα δεῦρ᾽ ἰὼν
ὁποῖ᾽ ἔπρασσον αὖθις ; ᾧ γάμοι γάμοι ,
ἐφύσαθ᾽ ἡμᾶς , καὶ φυτεύσαντες πάλιν
ἀνεῖτε ταὐτοῦ σπέρμα , κἀπεδείξατε
πατέρας , ἀδελφούς , παῖδας , αἷμ᾽ ἐμφύλιον ,
νύμφας , γυναῖκας μητέρας τε , χὠπόσα
αἴσχιστ᾽ ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἔργα γίγνεται .
ἀλλ᾽ οὐ γὰρ αὐδᾶν ἔσθ᾽ ἃ μηδὲ δρᾶν καλόν ,
ὅπως τάχιστα πρὸς θεῶν ἔξω μέ που
καλύψατ᾽ ἢ φονεύσατ᾽ ἢ θαλάσσιον
ἐκρίψατ᾽ , ἔνθα μήποτ᾽ εἰσόψεσθ᾽ ἔτι .
ἴτ᾽ , ἀξιώσατ᾽ ἀνδρὸς ἀθλίου θιγεῖν .
πίθεσθε , μὴ δείσητε : τἀμὰ γὰρ κακὰ
οὐδεὶς οἷός τε πλὴν ἐμοῦ φέρειν βροτῶν .