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SOFOCLE

EDIPO RE

PERSONAGGI

ÈdipoSacerdoteCreonteTiresiaGiocastaNunzio da CorintoServo di LaioNunzio dalla casaCoro di vecchie tebane

Traduzione di Ettore Romagnoli

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Sofocle: Edipo re

EDIPO REPiazza dinanzi alla reggia d’Èdipo. Al principio dello spettacolo, una moltitudine di persone, bam-bini, giovani, vegliardi, si aduna dinanzi alla reggia, protendendo rami avvolti in bende di lana, e levando implorazioni. Poco dopo, sulla soglia della reggia appare Èdipo.

ÈDIPO: O nuova stirpe del vetusto Cadmo,���ÄNSP��WLYJOt��]LU\[P�HSSL�TPL�ZVNSPL����[LUKL[L�P�YHTP�Z\WWSPJP&�+»PUJLUZP� di peani, di pianti, è piena tutta���SH�JP[[n��-PNSP��UVU�TP�WHY]L�ILUL���JOPLKLY�UV[PaPL�H�TLZZHNNLYP!�PV�Z[LZZV���ZVU�X\P�]LU\[V!�ÏKPWV!�PS�UVTL�TPV���u�JOPHYV�H�[\[[P����6�]LJJOPV��VYH�[\�KPTTP����JOt�KLNUV�ZLP�KP�MH]LSSHY�[\�WYPTV����WLYJOt�]LUPZ[L&�7LY�WYLNHYL&�6�X\HSL���[LYYVY�]P�ZWPUZL&�(K�VNUP�TVKV�PV�]VNSPV���KHY]P�ZVJJVYZV!�ZL�KP�[HU[L�WYLJP���UVU�ZLU[PZZP�WPL[n��UVU�H]YLP�J\VYL�

SACERDOTE:���6�[\�JOL�YLNNP�SH�TPH�[LYYH��ÏKPWV����]LKPJP�PUUHUaP�HSS»HYL�[\L�WYVZ[YH[P����Z\WWSPJP�K»VNUP�L[n!�X\LZ[P��JOL�WVJV���Z[LUKVUV�HUJVYH�PS�]VSV"�L�X\LZ[P��NYH]P���WLY�L[n��ZHJLYKV[P��LK�PV�KP�.PV]L"���L�X\LZ[P��LSL[[P�KHP�ÄVYLU[P�NPV]HUP����,�WLY�SL�WPHaaL��[\[[H�S»HS[YH�[\YIH����[LUKLUKV�YHTP��PUUHUaP�HS�[LTWPV�K\WSPJL���KP�7nSSHKL�ZP�WYVZ[YH��LK�HSSH�JLULYL���MH[PKPJH�K»(WVSSV��3H�JP[[n����JVTL�[\�Z[LZZV�ILU�SV�]LKP��[YVWWV���u�NPn�ZIH[[\[H�KHP�THYVZP��L�PS�JHWV���WP��UVU�YPLZJL�H�ZVSSL]HY�KHS�IHYH[YV���KLS�ZHUN\PUVZV�[\YIPUL!�KPZ[Y\[[P���P�MY\[[P�KLSSH�[LYYH�HUJVY�ULP�JHSPJP!���KPZ[Y\[[P�P�IV]P�KLSSL�THUKYPL��L�P�WHY[P���KLSSL�KVUUL��JOL�H�S\JL�WP��UVU�NP\UNVUV!���L�PS�KPV�JOL�M\VJV�]PIYH��S»PUMLZ[PZZPTH���WLZ[L��Z\�;LIL�PUJVTIL��L�SH�[VYTLU[H����L�KLP�*HKTuP�]\V[L�SL�JHZL�YLUKL!���Zx�JO»(KL�ULNYV��K»\S\SP�L�KP�WPHU[P���VW\SLU[V�KP]PLUL��6YH�PV��JVU�X\LZ[P���ÄNSP��KPUHUaP�HSS»HYL�[\L�]LUPTTV� non reputando te pari ai Celesti,���TH�MYH�NSP�\VTPUP�PS�WYPTV�H�J\P�Z»HJJVYYH���ULS�]HY{HY�KLSSL�]PJLUKL�\THUL����V�X\HUKV�T\[P�UVZ[YH�ZVY[L�\U�KuTVUL!

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ÈDIPO:���4PZLYP�ÄNSP��H�TL�SH�WYLJL�]VZ[YH���JVZL�ILU�UV[L��HUU\UaPH��L�UVU�PNUV[L����;\[[P��ILUL�SV�ZV��]»VWWYPTL�PS�TVYIV����[\[[P�ZVMMYP[L"�TH�ULZZ\U�KP�]VP���ZVMMYL�HS�WHYP�KP�TL��3H�]VZ[YH�KVNSPH����KP�JPHZJ\UV�KP�]VP��YPJHKL�ZVSV���ZVWYH�S\P�Z[LZZV��L�Z\�UP\U�HS[YP��4H���S»HUPTV�TPV�TL�WPHUNL�PUZPLTL��L�[L����L�SH�JP[[n��:PJJOt��UVU�TP�ZJV[LZ[L���KHS�ZVUUV!�PV�UVU�KVYTP]V"�L�TVS[L�SHJYPTL���OV�]LYZH[L��ZHWWPH[LSV��L�WLP�[YHTP[P���KLS�WLUZ{LYV�S\UNHTLU[L�LYYHP!���PU]LZ[PNHP��[YV]HP�ZVSV�\U�YPTLKPV!���T»H[[LUUP�H�X\LSSV!�TPV�JVNUH[V��PS�ÄNSPV���KP�4LULJuV��*YLVU[L�HSS»HYL�WP[PJOL���THUKHP�K»(WVSSV��H�JOPLKLYL�JOL�KLIIH���PV�MHYL�V�KPYL�H�ZHS]HaPVU�KP�;LIL����,�NPn��ZL�HS�[LTWV�JVTTPZ\YV�PS�NPVYUV����T»HUN\Z[PH�PS�Z\V�YP[HYKV!�JOt�NPn�[YVWWV���WP��JOL�UVU�ZP�JVU]LUNH��L�JO»PV�WLUZHZZP����YLZ[H�SVU[HUV��8\HUKV�LP�ZHYn�NP\U[V�

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(Quasi súbito dopo queste parole, entra Creonte)

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ÈDIPO:���*OL�YLZWVUZV�u�THP�X\LZ[V&�0V�UVU�T»HSSLNYV���WLY�[HSP�KL[[P��Ut�[PTVY�TP�JVNSPL�

CREONTE:���7YVU[V�ZVUV�H�WHYSHY��=\VP�JOL�MH]LSSP���KPUHUaP�H�[\[[P&�,U[YHY�]\VP�ULSSH�YLNNPH&

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CREONTE:���8\LS�JOL�\KP[V�OV�KHS�5\TL�PV�[P�KPY~!���JOPHYHTLU[L�LP�J»PTWVZL�JO»LZ[PYWHZZPTV la lue nata e nutrita in questa terra,���WYPTH�JO»LZZH�KP]LU[P�PTTLKPJHIPSL�

ÈDIPO:���3H�S\L�X\HS�u&�*VTL�LZWPHY�ZP�KL]L&

CREONTE:���0S�IHUKV"�V�YPZJH[[HY�ZHUN\L�JVU�ZHUN\L!���JOt�ZHUN\L�ZWHYZV�SH�JP[[n�[YH]HNSPH�

ÈDIPO:���:HUN\L�ZWHYZV&�,�KP�JOP&�3V�KPJL�PS�5\TL&

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CREONTE: Cosí pensammo. Or, morto Laio, niuno

surse a vendetta: ch’altro mal premeva.

ÈDIPO: E quale mai, che il signor vostro

cadea, vi tenne dal chiarir lo scempio?

CREONTE:���(�N\HYKHY�UL�PUK\JLH�S»HTIPN\H�:ÄUNL il mal presente, e a trascurar l’occulto.

ÈDIPO: Ma dal principio io chiaro lo farò:

poi che meritamente Febo, e tu

meritamente, ti sobbarchi a questa

cura per lui ch’è spento. E a buon diritto

vostro alleato me vedrete, e vindice

di questa terra, e insiem del Nume: ch’io,

non per lontani amici, anzi per me

stesso questa bruttura sperderò.

Ché certo quei che Laio ucccise, a me

���SH�Z[LZZH�WLUH�PUÅPNNLYL�]VYYLIIL! onde, se Laio io vendico, a me giovo.

Figli, a voi, presto, raccogliete quelle

supplici rame, sorgete dall’are:

e il popolo di Cadmo qui si convochi,

ché a tutto io sono pronto! O trionfanti

o al suol caduti, al Nume obbediremo.

(Rientra nella reggia)

SACERDOTE: Figli, sorgiamo! Il re promesso ha quanto

qui venimmo a cercare. E chi mandò

questi oracoli, Febo, ora ci assista,

ora ci salvi, ed allontani il morbo.

&$172�'·,1*5(662�'(/�&252(Ventiquattro vegliardi entrano a lenti passi ritmici, misurati sul canto, e, dopo qualche evoluzione, si collocano intorno all’altare di Diòniso, dove riman-JRQR�VLQR�DO�ÀQH�GHOOR�VSHWWDFROR�

CORO: Strofe prima

Dolce parola di Giove, che giungi da Pito

opulenta

a Tebe fulgidissima,

che dici tu? Trema pavida l’anima, balza sgo-

menta,

Peane, Signore di Delo,

trepida, incerta: qual sorte,

fra poco, o nel volger degli anni, tu appresti

per me?

���;\�KPTTLSV��ÄNSPH�KLSS»H\YLH�:WLYHUaH��[\�Fama perenne.

Antistrofe prima

���7YPTH�[L�Z\WWSPJV��([LUH��KP�.PV]L�ÄNSP\VSH�immortale,

e tua sorella Artèmide,

che questa terra tutela, che siede su trono di

gloria

nel giro dell’àgora; e Febo

che lungi saetta: mostratevi!

���P�THSP�M\NH[L��3H�ÄHTTH�K»HU[PJV�ÅHNLSSV su Tebe incombente, altra volta sperdeste;

anche adesso accorrete!

Strofe seconda

Ahimè! Doglie innumere pesano

su me. Tutto il popolo giace nel morbo: consi-

glio non v’ha

che scampo ne dia. Non maturano

i frutti dell’inclita terra:

dai lagni e le doglie del parto le donne non

surgono:

vedere puoi l’uno sull’altro, veloce come ala

d’augello,

piú ratto che vampa di folgore,

lanciarsi alla spiaggia del Nume del vespero.

Antistrofe seconda

E innumere turbe periscono:

al suol, senza prece né gemito, giacenti, il

contagio diffondono:

le spose e le madri canute

s’appressano all’are, chi qua,

chi là, supplicando il riscatto dei lutti funesti:

corrusca il Peana, ed il querulo lamento di

pianti concordi.

���6�H\YLH�ÄNSPH�KP�.PV]L� tu manda un soccorso che i volti sereni.

Strofe terza

Ed Ares l’ardente, che or, senza bronzo di

scudi,

con urla m’investe, e mi brucia,

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Antistrofe terza

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(Durante le ultime parole del Coro, Èdipo esce dalla reggia)

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può costringere i Numi, ove non vogliano.

CORO: Credo opportuno un’altra cosa dirti.

ÈDIPO: E se una terza n’hai, non trascurarla!

CORO: So che Tiresia ciò che vede Apollo anch’egli vede: oh sire, chi l’interroghi, ben chiaro può saper tutto ch’ei brami.

ÈDIPO: Neppure questo io trascurai. Mandati ho, per consiglio di Creonte, a lui due messi; e mi stupisce il suo ritardo.

CORO: Erano, l’altre, voci antiche e vane.

ÈDIPO: Quali? Ogni motto investigare io voglio.

CORO: Da viandanti ucciso lo dicevano.

ÈDIPO: L’ho udito anch’io. Ma chi ciò vide, ov’è?

CORO: Se pur gli resta in cuor timore, udendo i tuoi scongiuri, non potrà resistere.

ÈDIPO: Non teme i detti chi mal far non teme.

CORO: Ma giunge qui chi può scoprirlo. Vedi che il profeta divino qui conducono, che in cuore insito ha il ver, solo ei fra gli uomini.

(Entra Tiresia, vecchissimo, cieco, guidato per mano da un bimbo)

ÈDIPO: Tiresia, o tu che pènetri ogni cosa, palese o arcana, terrena o celeste, Tebe, tu ben lo sai, se pur nol vedi,

da che morbo è percossa. Or noi te solo scorgiam patrono e salvatore. Apollo, se i messi ancor non te l’han detto, a noi diede responso che da questo morbo solo abbiamo uno scampo; ove, scoperti quelli che ucciser Laio, li uccidessimo, o dalla terra in bando li cacciassimo. Or, degli alati non voler negarci il responso, o se tu della profetica arte conosci altro sentiero. Salva te stesso, e Tebe, salva me, distruggi ogni contagio del defunto. Siamo nelle tue mani. E dar soccorso quanto s’abbia o si possa, è la piú nobile opera.

TIRESIA: Ahi, ahi! Sapere quanto è duro, quando a chi sa nulla giova! Io ben sapevo, ed obliai. Venir qui non dovevo.

ÈDIPO: Che c’è? Cosí scorato fra noi giungi?

TIRESIA: Lasciami andare! Ci sarà piú facile compier cosí tu ed io la nostra sorte.

ÈDIPO: Non parli giusto; e la città non ami che ti nutrí, se tal responso neghi.

TIRESIA: Inopportuno giunge il tuo discorso anche per te: lo stesso non m’accada.

ÈDIPO: Tu che sai, per gli Dei, non ti schermire: c’inginocchiamo tutti innanzi a te!

TIRESIA: E tutti siete dissennati! I mali miei non dirò: ché i tuoi svelar dovrei!

ÈDIPO: Che parli? Sai, ma non vuoi dire, e noi tradir disegni, e la città distruggere!

TIRESIA: Né te né me crucciare voglio. A che dimandi invano? Io nulla ti dirò.

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MESSO: Come ti sono io: né piú né meno.

ÈDIPO: Saran tutt’uno il padre ed un estraneo?

MESSO: Né io né lui t’abbiam data la vita!

ÈDIPO:���,�WLYJOt�K\UX\L�TP�JOPHTH]H�ÄNSPV&

MESSO: Da queste mani t’ebbe in dono, sappilo.

ÈDIPO: E il dono d’altrui mano tanto amò?

MESSO:���3H�THUJHUaH�KP�ÄNSP�H�JP~�S»PUK\ZZL�

ÈDIPO: E tu, mi comperasti, o mi trovasti?

MESSO:���+LS�*P[LYVU�MYH�P�NPVNOP�PV�[P�YPU]LUUP�

ÈDIPO: Come mai ti trovavi in quelle parti?

MESSO:���8\P]P�HSSL�NYLNNP�HSWLZ[YP�LYV�WYLWVZ[V�

ÈDIPO: Pastore per mercede andavi errando?

MESSO:���,K�PU�X\LS�[LTWV��V�ÄNSPV��PV�[P�ZHS]HP�

ÈDIPO:���-YH�JOL�N\HP�TP�[YV]HZ[P&�-YH�JOL�KVNSPL&

MESSO:���+L»�[\VP�WPL»�SL�NP\U[\YL�H�[L�SV�KPJHUV�

ÈDIPO: Ahimè! Perché l’antico mal rammemori?

MESSO: I pie’ forati a sommo io ti disciolsi.

ÈDIPO: Sí: dalle fasce il turpe marchio io m’ebbi.

MESSO:���,�KH�[HSL�ZJPHN\YH�PS�UVTL�H]LZ[P�

ÈDIPO: E fu mio padre, dimmi; fu mia madre...

MESSO:���5VU�ZV!�TLNSPV�ZHWYn�JOP�H�TL�[P�KPLKL�

ÈDIPO: Altri mi diede a te? Non mi trovasti?

MESSO: Punto! Un altro pastore a me ti diede.

ÈDIPO:���*OP�M\�JVZ[\P&�7\VP�[\�ZPNUPÄJHYTLSV&

MESSO: Dicevano che servo era di Laio.

ÈDIPO:���+LSS»HU[PJV�ZPNUVY�KP�X\LZ[H�[LYYH&

MESSO: Appunto! Mandrïano era di quello.

ÈDIPO: Ed è vivo. costui? Posso vederlo?

MESSO

(Al popolo):

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ÈDIPO: V’è tra i presenti alcun che il mandrïano, di cui parla quest’uomo abbia veduto, o per i campi, o qui fra noi? Parlate! L’occasïon di rintracciarlo è questa.

CORIFEO: Altri non è, credo io, se non quell’uomo

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(Esce disperata)

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(Entra nella reggia)

7(5=2�&$172�,172512�$//·$5$CORO: Strofe prima

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Antistrofe prima

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(Entra il vecchio mandriano)

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(Fugge entro la reggia)

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48$572�&$172�,172512�$//·$5$CORO: Strofe prima

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