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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οὐ γάρ σε, θάρσει, πρὸς βίαν παρασπάσει
γνώμης, ἃ μή σοι συμφέροντα λέξεται.
λόγων δʼ ἀκοῦσαι τίς βλάβη; τά τοι κακῶς
ηὑρημένʼ ἔργα τῷ λόγῳ μηνύεται.
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ἔφυσας αὐτόν· ὥστε μηδὲ δρῶντά σε
τὰ τῶν κακίστων δυσσεβέστατʼ, ὦ πάτερ,
θέμις σέ γʼ εἶναι κεῖνον ἀντιδρᾶν κακῶς.
ἀλλʼ ἔασον· εἰσὶ χἀτέροις γοναὶ κακαὶ
καὶ θυμὸς ὀξύς, ἀλλὰ νουθετούμενοι
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φίλων ἐπῳδαῖς ἐξεπᾴδονται φύσιν.
σὺ δʼ εἰς ἐκεῖνα, μὴ τὰ νῦν, ἀποσκόπει
πατρῷα καὶ μητρῷα πήμαθʼ ἅπαθες·
κἂν κεῖνα λεύσσῃς, οἶδʼ ἐγώ, γνώσει κακοῦ
θυμοῦ τελευτὴν ὡς κακὴ προσγίγνεται.
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ἔχεις γὰρ οὐχὶ βαιὰ τἀνθυμήματα,
τῶν σῶν ἀδέρκτων ὀμμάτων τητώμενος.
ἀλλʼ ἡμὶν εἶκε· λιπαρεῖν γὰρ οὐ καλὸν
δίκαια προσχρῄζουσιν, οὐδʼ αὐτὸν μὲν εὖ
πάσχειν, παθόντα δʼ οὐκ ἐπίστασθαι τίνειν.
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Οἰδίπους
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τέκνον, βαρεῖαν ἡδονὴν νικᾶτέ με
λέγοντες· ἔστω δʼ οὖν ὅπως ὑμῖν φίλον.
μόνον, ξένʼ, εἴπερ κεῖνος ὧδʼ ἐλεύσεται,
μηδεὶς κρατείτω τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς ποτε.
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Θησεύς
ἅπαξ τὰ τοιαῦτʼ, οὐχὶ δὶς χρῄζω κλύειν,
ὦ πρέσβυ. κομπεῖν δʼ οὐχὶ βούλομαι· σὺ δʼ ὢν
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σῶς ἴσθʼ, ἐάν περ κἀμέ τις σῴζῃ θεῶν.
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Χορός
ὅστις τοῦ πλέονος μέρους χρῄζει τοῦ μετρίου παρεὶς
ζώειν, σκαιοσύναν φυλάσσων
ἐν ἐμοὶ κατάδηλος ἔσται.
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ἐπεὶ πολλὰ μὲν αἱ μακραὶ ἁμέραι κατέθεντο δὴ
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