Oedipus at Colonus, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 1. Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1912.
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ὁθούνεκʼ εἴ τις γῆ θεοὺς ἐπίσταται
τιμαῖς σεβίζειν, ἥδε τοῦθʼ ὑπερφέρει·
ἀφʼ ἧς σὺ κλέψας τὸν ἱκέτην γέροντʼ ἐμὲ
αὐτόν τʼ ἐχειροῦ τὰς κόρας τʼ οἴχει λαβών.
1010
ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐγὼ νῦν τάσδε τὰς θεὰς ἐμοὶ
καλῶν ἱκνοῦμαι καὶ κατασκήπτω λιταῖς
ἐλθεῖν ἀρωγοὺς ξυμμάχους θʼ, ἵνʼ ἐκμάθῃς
οἵων ὑπʼ ἀνδρῶν ἥδε φρουρεῖται πόλις.
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Χορός
ὁ ξεῖνος, ὦναξ, χρηστός· αἱ δὲ συμφοραὶ
1015
αὐτοῦ πανώλεις, ἄξιαι δʼ ἀμυναθεῖν.
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Θησεύς
ἅλις λόγων, ὡς οἱ μὲν ἐξειργασμένοι
σπεύδουσιν, ἡμεῖς δʼ οἱ παθόντες ἕσταμεν.
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Κρέων
τί δῆτʼ ἀμαυρῷ φωτὶ προστάσσεις ποεῖν;
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Θησεύς
ὁδοῦ κατάρχειν τῆς ἐκεῖ, πομπὸν δέ με
1020
χωρεῖν, ἵνʼ, εἰ μὲν ἐν τόποισι τοῖσδʼ ἔχεις
τὰς παῖδας ἡμῖν αὐτὸς ἐκδείξῃς ἐμοί·
εἰ δʼ ἐγκρατεῖς φεύγουσιν, οὐδὲν δεῖ πονεῖν.
ἄλλοι γὰρ οἱ σπεύδοντες, οὓς οὐ μή ποτε
χώρας φυγόντες τῆσδʼ ἐπεύξωνται θεοῖς.
1025
ἀλλʼ ἐξυφηγοῦ· γνῶθι δʼ ὡς ἔχων ἔχει
καί σʼ εἷλε θηρῶνθʼ ἡ τύχη· τὰ γὰρ δόλῳ
τῷ μὴ δικαίῳ κτήματʼ οὐχὶ σῴζεται.
κοὐκ ἄλλον ἕξεις εἰς τάδʼ· ὡς ἔξοιδά σε
οὐ ψιλὸν οὐδʼ ἄσκευον ἐς τοσήνδʼ ὕβριν
1030
ἥκοντα τόλμης τῆς παρεστώσης τανῦν,
ἀλλʼ ἔσθʼ ὅτῳ σὺ πιστὸς ὢν ἔδρας τάδε.
ἃ δεῖ μʼ ἀθρῆσαι, μηδὲ τήνδε τὴν πόλιν
ἑνὸς ποῆσαι φωτὸς ἀσθενεστέραν.
νοεῖς τι τούτων, ἢ μάτην τὰ νῦν τέ σοι
1035
δοκεῖ λελέχθαι χὤτε ταῦτʼ ἐμηχανῶ;
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