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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τοιοῦτον οἷον οὐδὲ φωνῆσαί τινι
ἔξεσθʼ ἑταίρων, οὐδʼ ἀποστρέψαι πάλιν,
ἀλλʼ ὄντʼ ἄναυδον τῇδε συγκῦρσαι τύχῃ.
1405
ὦ τοῦδʼ ὅμαιμοι παῖδες, ἀλλʼ ὑμεῖς, ἐπεὶ
τὰ σκληρὰ πατρὸς κλύετε ταῦτʼ ἀρωμένου,
μή τοί με πρὸς θεῶν σφώ γʼ, ἐὰν αἱ τοῦδʼ ἀραὶ
πατρὸς τελῶνται καί τις ὑμῖν ἐς δόμους
νόστος γένηται, μή μʼ ἀτιμάσητέ γε,
1410
ἀλλʼ ἐν τάφοισι θέσθε κἀν κτερίσμασιν.
καὶ σφῷν ὁ νῦν ἔπαινος, ὃν κομίζετον
τοῦδʼ, ἀνδρὸς οἷς πονεῖτον, οὐκ ἐλάσσονα
ἔτʼ ἄλλον οἴσει τῆς ἐμῆς ὑπουργίας.
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Ἀντιγόνη
Πολύνεικες, ἱκετεύω σε πεισθῆναί τί μοι.
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Πολυνείκης
1415
ὦ φιλτάτη, τὸ ποῖον, Ἀντιγόνη; λέγε.
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Ἀντιγόνη
στρέψαι στράτευμʼ ἐς Ἄργος ὡς τάχιστά γε,
καὶ μὴ σέ τʼ αὐτὸν καὶ πόλιν διεργάσῃ.
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Πολυνείκης
ἀλλʼ οὐχ οἷόν τε· πῶς γὰρ αὖθις ἂν πάλιν
στράτευμʼ ἄγοιμι ταὐτόν. εἰσάπαξ τρέσας;
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Ἀντιγόνη
1420
τί δʼ αὖθις, ὦ παῖ, δεῖ σε θυμοῦσθαι; τί σοι
πάτραν κατασκάψαντι κέρδος ἔρχεται;
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Πολυνείκης
αἰσχρὸν τὸ φεύγειν καὶ τὸ πρεσβεύοντʼ ἐμὲ
οὕτω γελᾶσθαι τοῦ κασιγνήτου πάρα.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὁρᾷς τὰ τοῦδʼ οὖν ὡς ἐς ὀρθὸν ἐκφέρει
1425
μαντεύμαθʼ, ὃς σφῷν θάνατον ἐξ ἀμφοῖν θροεῖ;
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Πολυνείκης
χρῄζει γάρ· ἡμῖν δʼ οὐχὶ συγχωρητέα.
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Ἀντιγόνη
οἴμοι τάλαινα· τίς δὲ τολμήσει κλύων
τὰ τοῦδʼ ἕπεσθαι τἀνδρός, οἷʼ ἐθέσπισεν;
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Πολυνείκης
οὐκ ἀγγελοῦμεν φλαῦρʼ· ἐπεὶ στρατηλάτου
1430
χρηστοῦ τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν.
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Ἀντιγόνη
οὕτως ἄρʼ, ὦ παῖ, ταῦτά σοι δεδογμένα;
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