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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δοίη, τὸν ἡμᾶς δεῦρο προσπέμψαντά σοι;
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ τέκνον, ἦ πάρεστον;
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Ἀντιγόνη
αἵδε γὰρ χέρες
Θησέως ἔσωσαν φιλτάτων τʼ ὀπαόνων.
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Οἰδίπους
προσέλθετʼ ὦ παῖ, πατρὶ καὶ τὸ μηδαμὰ
1105
ἐλπισθὲν ἥξειν σῶμα βαστάσαι δότε.
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Ἀντιγόνη
αἰτεῖς ἃ τεύξει· σὺν πόθῳ γὰρ ἡ χάρις.
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Οἰδίπους
ποῦ δῆτα, ποῦ ʼστόν;
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Ἀντιγόνη
αἵδʼ ὁμοῦ πελάζομεν.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ φίλτατʼ ἔρνη.
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Ἀντιγόνη
τῷ τεκόντι πᾶν φίλον.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ σκῆπτρα φωτός.
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Ἀντιγόνη
δυσμόρου γε δύσμορα.
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Οἰδίπους
1110
ἔχω τὰ φίλτατʼ, οὐδʼ ἔτʼ ἂν πανάθλιος
θανὼν ἂν εἴην σφῷν παρεστώσαιν ἐμοί.
ἐρείσατʼ, ὦ παῖ, πλευρὸν ἀμφιδέξιον
ἐμφύντε τῷ φύσαντι, κἀναπαύσατον
τοῦ πρόσθʼ ἐρήμου τοῦδε δυστήνου πλάνου.
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καί μοι τὰ πραχθέντʼ εἴπαθʼ ὡς βράχιστʼ, ἐπεὶ
ταῖς τηλικαῖσδε σμικρὸς ἐξαρκεῖ λόγος.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὅδʼ ἔσθʼ ὁ σώσας· τοῦδε χρὴ κλύειν, πάτερ,
οὗ κἄστι τοὔργον· τοὐμὸν ὧδʼ ἔσται βραχύ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ ξεῖνε, μὴ θαύμαζε, πρὸς τὸ λιπαρὲς
1120
τέκνʼ εἰ φανέντʼ ἄελπτα μηκύνω λόγον.
ἐπίσταμαι γὰρ τήνδε τὴν ἐς τάσδε μοι
τέρψιν παρʼ ἄλλου μηδενὸς πεφασμένην·
σὺ γάρ νιν ἐξέσωσας, οὐκ ἄλλος βροτῶν.
καί σοι θεοὶ πόροιεν ὡς ἐγὼ θέλω,
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αὐτῷ τε καὶ γῇ τῇδʼ, ἐπεὶ τό γʼ εὐσεβὲς
μόνοις παρʼ ὑμῖν ηὗρον ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ
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