A READER IN COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGY
A READER IN COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGY
A READER IN COMPARATIVE INDO-EUROPEAN MYTHOLOGY
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Οἰδίπους<br />
εἶεν: τὸ δ᾽ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή;<br />
Χορός<br />
χοὰς χέασθαι στάντα πρὸς πρώτην ἕω.<br />
Οἰδίπους<br />
ἦ τοῖσδε κρωσσοῖς οἷς λέγεις χέω τάδε;<br />
Χορός<br />
τρισσάς γε πηγάς: τὸν τελευταῖον δ᾽ ὅλον.<br />
Οἰδίπους<br />
480τοῦ τόνδε πλήσας θῶ; δίδασκε καὶ τόδε.<br />
Χορός<br />
ὕδατος, μελίσσης: μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ.<br />
Οἰδίπους<br />
ὅταν δὲ τούτων γῆ μελάμφυλλος τύχῃ;<br />
Χορός<br />
τρὶς ἐννέ᾽ αὐτῇ κλῶνας ἐξ ἀμφοῖν χεροῖν<br />
τιθεὶς ἐλαίας τάσδ᾽ ἐπεύχεσθαι λιτάς.<br />
Οἰδίπους<br />
485τούτων ἀκοῦσαι βούλομαι: μέγιστα γάρ.<br />
Oedipus<br />
[465] Dearest friends, be my patrons, and I will bring everything to completion.<br />
Chorus<br />
Then make atonement to these divinities, to whom you have come first, and on whose ground<br />
you have trespassed.<br />
Oedipus<br />
With what rites? Instruct me, strangers.<br />
Chorus<br />
First, from an ever-flowing [470] spring bring sacred drink-offerings, borne in ritually pure<br />
hands.<br />
Oedipus<br />
And when I have gotten this unmixed draught?<br />
Chorus<br />
There are bowls, the work of a skilled craftsman; crown their edges and the handles at either<br />
side.<br />
Oedipus<br />
With olive branches, or woollen cloths, or in what way?<br />
Chorus<br />
[475] Take the freshly-shorn wool of a ewe-lamb.<br />
Oedipus<br />
Good; and then to what last rite shall I proceed?<br />
Chorus<br />
Pour the drink-offerings, with your face to the dawn.<br />
Oedipus<br />
Shall I pour them with these vessels of which you speak?<br />
Chorus<br />
Yes, in three streams; but the last vessel—<br />
Oedipus<br />
[480] With what shall I fill this, before I set it down? Teach me this also.
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