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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πρὸς ἄστυ Θήβης. οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ὅπως πόλιν
κείνην ἐρείψεις, ἀλλὰ πρόσθεν αἵματι
πεσεῖ μιανθεὶς χὼ σύναιμος ἐξ ἴσου.
1375
τοιάσδʼ ἀρὰς σφῷν πρόσθε τʼ ἐξανῆκʼ ἐγὼ
νῦν τʼ ἀνακαλοῦμαι ξυμμάχους ἐλθεῖν ἐμοί,
ἵνʼ ἀξιῶτον τοὺς φυτεύσαντας σέβειν
καὶ μὴ ʼξατιμάζητον, εἰ τυφλοῦ πατρὸς
τοιώδʼ ἐφύτην· αἵδε γὰρ τάδʼ οὐκ ἔδρων.
1380
τοιγὰρ τὸ σὸν θάκημα καὶ τοὺς σοὺς θρόνους
κρατοῦσιν, εἴπερ ἐστὶν ἡ παλαίφατος
Δίκη ξύνεδρος Ζηνὸς ἀρχαίοις νόμοις.
σὺ δʼ ἔρρʼ ἀπόπτυστός τε κἀπάτωρ ἐμοῦ,
κακῶν κάκιστε, τάσδε συλλαβὼν ἀράς,
1385
ἅς σοι καλοῦμαι, μήτε γῆς ἐμφυλίου
δόρει κρατῆσαι μήτε νοστῆσαί ποτε
τὸ κοῖλον Ἄργος, ἀλλὰ συγγενεῖ χερὶ
θανεῖν κτανεῖν θʼ ὑφʼ οὗπερ ἐξελήλασαι.
τοιαῦτʼ ἀρῶμαι καὶ καλῶ τὸ Ταρτάρου
1390
στυγνὸν πατρῷον ἔρεβος, ὥς σʼ ἀποικίσῃ,
καλῶ δὲ τάσδε δαίμονας, καλῶ δʼ Ἄρη
τὸν σφῷν τὸ δεινὸν μῖσος ἐμβεβληκότα.
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀκούσας στεῖχε, κἀξάγγελλʼ ἰὼν
καὶ πᾶσι Καδμείοισι τοῖς σαυτοῦ θʼ ἅμα
1395
πιστοῖσι συμμάχοισιν, οὕνεκʼ Οἰδίπους
τοιαῦτʼ ἔνειμε παισὶ τοῖς αὑτοῦ γέρα.
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Χορός
Πολύνεικες, οὔτε ταῖς παρελθούσαις ὁδοῖς
ξυνήδομαί σοι, νῦν τʼ ἴθʼ ὡς τάχος πάλιν.
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Πολυνείκης
οἴμοι κελεύθου τῆς τʼ ἐμῆς δυσπραξίας,
1400
οἴμοι δʼ ἑταίρων· οἷον ἆρʼ ὁδοῦ τέλος
Ἄργους ἀφωρμήθημεν, ὦ τάλας ἐγώ,
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