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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ὅνπερ καὶ πάλαι κατείχομεν
γνώμῃ, πάρεστι δεῦρο Πολυνείκης ὅδε.
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Πολυνείκης
οἴμοι, τί δράσω; πότερα τἀμαυτοῦ κακὰ
1255
πρόσθεν δακρύσω, παῖδες, ἢ τὰ τοῦδʼ ὁρῶν
πατρὸς γέροντος; ὃς ξένης ἐπὶ χθονὸς
σὺν σφῷν ἐφηύρηκʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἐκβεβλημένον
ἐσθῆτι σὺν τοιᾷδε, τῆς ὁ δυσφιλὴς
γέρων γέροντι συγκατῴκηκεν πίνος
1260
πλευρὰν μαραίνων, κρατὶ δʼ ὀμματοστερεῖ
κόμη διʼ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται·
ἀδελφὰ δʼ, ὡς ἔοικε, τούτοισιν φορεῖ
τὰ τῆς ταλαίνης νηδύος θρεπτήρια.
ἁγὼ πανώλης ὄψʼ ἄγαν ἐκμανθάνω·
1265
καὶ μαρτυρῶ κάκιστος ἀνθρώπων τροφαῖς
ταῖς σαῖσιν ἥκειν· τἀμὰ μὴ ʼξ ἄλλων πύθῃ.
ἀλλʼ ἔστι γὰρ καὶ Ζηνὶ σύνθακος θρόνων
Αἰδὼς ἐπʼ ἔργοις πᾶσι, καὶ πρὸς σοί, πάτερ,
παρασταθήτω· τῶν γὰρ ἡμαρτημένων
1270
ἄκη μέν ἐστι, προσφορὰ δʼ οὐκ ἔστʼ ἔτι.
τί σιγᾷς;
φώνησον, ὦ πάτερ, τι· μή μʼ ἀποστραφῇς.
οὐδʼ ἀνταμείβει μʼ οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἀτιμάσας
πέμψεις ἄναυδος, οὐδʼ ἃ μηνίεις φράσας;
1275
ὦ σπέρματʼ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδʼ, ἐμαὶ δʼ ὁμαίμονες,
πειράσατʼ ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς γε κινῆσαι πατρὸς
τὸ δυσπρόσοιστον κἀπροσήγορον στόμα,
ὡς μή μʼ ἄτιμον, τοῦ θεοῦ γε προστάτην,
οὕτως ἀφῇ με μηδὲν ἀντειπὼν ἔπος.
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Ἀντιγόνη
1280
λέγʼ, ὦ ταλαίπωρʼ, αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει·
τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματʼ ἢ τέρψαντά τι,
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