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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οὐκ ὄντα, συγγενῆ δέ, προσπεσόντα πως
βωμῷ καθῆσθαι τῷ Ποσειδῶνος, παρʼ ᾧ
θύων ἔκυρον, ἡνίχʼ ὡρμώμην ἐγώ.
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Οἰδίπους
1160
ποδαπόν; τί προσχρῄζοντα τῷ θακήματι·
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Θησεύς
οὐκ οἶδα πλὴν ἕν· σοῦ γάρ, ὡς λέγουσί μοι,
βραχύν τινʼ αἰτεῖ μῦθον οὐκ ὄγκου πλέων.
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Οἰδίπους
ποῖόν τινʼ; οὐ γὰρ ἥδʼ ἕδρα σμικροῦ λόγου.
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Θησεύς
σοὶ φασὶν αὐτὸν ἐς λόγους ἐλθεῖν μόνον
1165
αἰτεῖν ἀπελθεῖν τʼ ἀσφαλῶς τῆς δεῦρʼ ὁδοῦ.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς δῆτʼ ἂν εἴη τήνδʼ ὁ προσθακῶν ἕδραν;
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Θησεύς
ὅρα κατʼ Ἄργος εἴ τις ὑμὶν ἐγγενὴς
ἔσθʼ, ὅστις ἄν σου τοῦτο προσχρῄζοι τυχεῖν.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ φίλτατε, σχὲς οὗπερ εἶ.
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Θησεύς
τί δʼ ἔστι σοι;
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Οἰδίπους
1170
μή μου δεηθῇς.
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Θησεύς
πράγματος ποίου; λέγε.
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Οἰδίπους
ἔξοιδʼ ἀκούων τῶνδʼ ὅς ἐσθʼ ὁ προστάτης.
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Θησεύς
καὶ τίς ποτʼ ἐστὶν ὅν γʼ ἐγὼ ψέξαιμί τι;
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Οἰδίπους
παῖς οὑμός, ὦναξ, στυγνός, οὗ λόγων ἐγὼ
ἄλγιστʼ ἂν ἀνδρῶν ἐξανασχοίμην κλύων.
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Θησεύς
1175
τί δʼ; οὐκ ἀκούειν ἔστι καὶ μὴ δρᾶν ἃ μὴ
χρῄζεις; τί σοι τοῦτʼ ἐστὶ λυπηρὸν κλύειν;
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Οἰδίπους
ἔχθιστον, ὦναξ, φθέγμα τοῦθʼ ἥκει πατρί·
καὶ μή μʼ ἀνάγκῃ προσβάλῃς τάδʼ εἰκαθεῖν.
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Θησεύς
ἀλλʼ εἰ τὸ θάκημʼ ἐξαναγκάζει, σκόπει
1180
μή σοι πρόνοιʼ ᾖ τοῦ θεοῦ φυλακτέα.
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Ἀντιγόνη
πάτερ, πιθοῦ μοι, κεἰ νέα παραινέσω.
τὸν ἄνδρʼ ἔασον τόνδε τῇ θʼ αὑτοῦ φρενὶ
χάριν παρασχεῖν τῷ θεῷ θʼ ἃ βούλεται,
1185
καὶ νῷν ὕπεικε τὸν κασίγνητον μολεῖν.
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