<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="#chorus"><l n="902">alitem expectans suum</l><l n="903">(qualis accipitris minas</l><l n="904">fugit et sparsos metu</l><l n="905">conligit fetus avis), </l><l n="906">donec in ponto manus</l><l n="907">movit implicitas puer</l><l n="908">compede audacis viae.</l><l n="909">quicquid excessit modum</l><l n="910">pendet instabili loco. </l><l n="911">Sed quid hoc? postes sonant;</l><l n="912">maestus en famulus manu</l><l n="913">regius quassat caput,</l><l n="914">ede quid portes novi.</l></sp><milestone n="914" unit="card"/><sp who="#nuntius"><speaker>Nuntius</speaker><l n="915">Praedicta postquam fata et infandum genus </l><l n="916">deprendit ac se scelere convictum Oedipus</l><l n="917">damnavit ipse, regiam infestus petens</l><l n="918">invisa propero tecta penetravit gradu</l><l n="919">qualis per arva Libycus insanit leo,</l><l n="920">fulvam minaci fronte concutiens iubam; </l><l n="921">vultus furore torvus atque oculi truces,</l><l n="922">gemitus et altum murmur, et gelidus fluit</l><pb n="p.236"/><l n="923">sudor per artus, spumat et volvit minas</l><l n="924">ac mersus alte magnus exundat dolor.</l><l n="925">secum ipse saevus grande nescio quid parat </l><l n="926">suisque fatis simile, 'quid poenas moror?'</l><l n="927">ait 'hoc scelestum pectus aut ferro petat,</l><l n="928">aut fervido aliquis igne vel saxo domet.</l><l n="929">quae tigris aut quae saeva visceribus meis</l><l n="930">incurret ales? ipse tu scelerum capax, </l><l n="931">sacer Cithaeron, vel feras in me tuas</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>