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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ὥστʼ ἐν δόμοισι τοῖσι σοῖς στήσω σʼ ἄγων.
στήσω δʼ ἐμαυτόν, κεῖνον ἐκβαλὼν βίᾳ.
καὶ ταῦτα σοῦ μὲν ξυνθέλοντος ἔστι μοι
1345
κομπεῖν, ἄνευ σοῦ δʼ οὐδὲ σωθῆναι σθένω.
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Χορός
τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦ πέμψαντος οὕνεκʼ, Οἰδίπους
εἰπὼν ὁποῖα ξύμφορʼ ἔκπεμψαι πάλιν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ εἰ μέν, ἄνδρες, τῆσδε δημοῦχοι χθονός
μὴ ʼτύγχανʼ αὐτὸν δεῦρο προσπέμψας ἐμοὶ
1350
Θησεύς, δικαιῶν ὥστʼ ἐμοῦ κλύειν λόγους,
οὔ τἄν ποτʼ ὀμφῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἐπῄσθετο·
νῦν δʼ ἀξιωθεὶς εἶσι κἀκούσας γʼ ἐμοῦ
τοιαῦθʼ ἃ τὸν τοῦδʼ οὔ ποτʼ εὐφρανεῖ βίον·
ὅς γʼ, ὦ κάκιστε, σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους ἔχων,
1355
ἃ νῦν ὁ σὸς ξύναιμος ἐν Θήβαις ἔχει,
τὸν αὐτὸς αὑτοῦ πατέρα τόνδʼ ἀπήλασας
κἄθηκας ἄπολιν καὶ στολὰς ταύτας φορεῖν,
ἃς νῦν δακρύεις εἰσορῶν, ὅτʼ ἐν πόνῳ
ταὐτῷ βεβηκὼς τυγχάνεις κακῶν ἐμοί.
1360
οὐ κλαυστὰ δʼ ἐστίν, ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ μὲν οἰστέα
τάδʼ, ἕωσπερ ἂν ζῶ, σοῦ φονέως μεμνημένος·
σὺ γάρ με μόχθῳ τῷδʼ ἔθηκας ἔντροφον,
σύ μʼ ἐξέωσας, ἐκ σέθεν δʼ ἀλώμενος
ἄλλους ἐπαιτῶ τὸν καθʼ ἡμέραν βίον.
1365
εἰ δʼ ἐξέφυσα τάσδε μὴ ʼμαυτῷ τροφοὺς
τὰς παῖδας, ἦ τἂν οὐκ ἂν ἦ, τὸ σὸν μέρος·
νῦν δʼ αἵδε μʼ ἐκσῴζουσιν, αἵδʼ ἐμαὶ τροφοί,
αἵδʼ ἄνδρες, οὐ γυναῖκες, εἰς τὸ συμπονεῖν·
ὑμεῖς δʼ ἀπʼ ἄλλου κοὐκ ἐμοῦ πεφύκατον.
1370
τοιγάρ σʼ ὁ δαίμων εἰσορᾷ μὲν οὔ τί πω
ὡς αὐτίκʼ, εἴπερ οἵδε κινοῦνται λόχοι
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