[10,25] οὕτω δὲ ἀνόητος ἦν ὁ Λάϊος ὥστε ἀμφότερα παρακοῦσαι τοῦ θεοῦ· καὶ γὰρ ἐγέννησε καὶ ἔθρεψεν. ἔπειτα καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπώλετο καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκος αὐτοῦ, διότι ἀδύνατος ὢν ἐπεχείρησε τῷ Ἀπόλλωνι χρῆσθαι. μὴ γὰρ ταῦτα ἀκούσας τὸν Οἰδίποδα οὐκ ἂν ἐξέθηκεν. ὁ δὲ οἴκοι τραφεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἀπέκτεινε τὸν Λάϊον,

[10,25] And Laïus was so foolish as to misunderstand both commands of the god, for he begot a son and did not rear him. Afterwards both he and all his houle were destroyed, all because he had undertaken to `make use of' Apollo when he lacked the ability. For if he had not received that oracle, he would not have exposed Oedipus, and the latter, having been reared at home, would not have slain Laïus,

[10,26] ἐπιστάμενος ὅτι αὐτοῦ παῖς εἴη. καὶ τοίνυν τὰ περὶ Κροῖσον ἀκήκοας τὸν Λυδόν, ὃς ἡγούμενος πείθεσθαι τῷ θεῷ παντὸς μᾶλλον καὶ διαβὰς τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν Ἅλυν, τὴν ἀρχὴν ἀπέβαλε, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν πέδαις ἐδέθη καὶ ὀλίγου κατεκαύθη ζῶν. ἢ σὺ οἴει φρονιμώτερος εἶναι Κροίσου, ἀνδρὸς οὕτω πλουσίου καὶ τοσούτων ἀνθρώπων ἄρχοντος καὶ Σόλωνι συγγενομένου καὶ ἄλλοις παμπόλλοις σοφισταῖς;

[10,26] for he would have known that he was his son. Then you have heard the story about Croesus, the Lydian, who, imagining that he was most faithfully carrying out the behests of the god, crossed the river Halys, lost his empire, was bound in chains himself, and barely escaped being burned alive. Or do you, pray, think that you are wiser than Croesus, a man of such wealth, who ruled over so many people and had met Solon and a great many other wise men?