<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text n="Oed."><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi006.perseus-lat2"><sp who="#creon"><l n="528">Coacta verba placidus accipias precor.</l></sp><sp who="#oedipus"><speaker>Oed.</speaker><l n="529">Vlline poena vocis expressae fuit?</l></sp><sp who="#creon"><speaker>Cr.</speaker><l n="530">Est procul ab urbe lucus ilicibus niger, </l><l n="531">Dircaea circa vallis inriguae loca.</l><l n="532">cupressus altis exerens silvis caput</l><l n="533">virente semper alligat trunco nemus,</l><l n="534">curvosque tendit quercus et putres situ</l><l n="535">annosa ramos: huius abrupit latus </l><l n="536">edax vetustas; illa, iam fessa cadens</l><l n="537">radice, fulta pendet aliena trabe,</l><l n="538">amara bacas laurus et tiliae leves</l><l n="539">et Paphia myrtus et per immensum mare</l><l n="540">motura remos alnus et Phoebo obvia </l><l n="541">enode Zephyris pinus opponens latus:</l><l n="542">medio stat ingens arbor atque umbra gravi</l><l n="543">silvas minores urguet et magno ambitu</l><l n="544">diffusa ramos una defendit nemus,</l><l n="545">tristis sub illa, lucis et Phoebi inscius, </l><l n="546">restagnat umor frigore aeterno rigens;</l><l n="547">limosa pigrum circumit fontem palus.</l><l n="548">Huc ut sacerdos intulit senior gradum,</l><l n="549">haut est moratus: praestitit noctem locus,</l><l n="550">tum effossa tellus, et super rapti rogis </l><l n="551">iaciuntur ignes, ipse funesto integit</l><pb n="p.223"/><l n="552">vates amictu corpus et frondem quatit,</l><l n="553">lugubris imos palla perfundit pedes,</l><l n="554">squalente cultu maestus ingreditur senex,</l><l n="555">mortifera canam taxus adstringit comam. </l><l n="556">nigro bidentes vellere atque atrae boves</l><l n="557">intro trahuntur, flamma praedatur dapes,</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>