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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καὶ μή μʼ ἐπίσχῃς γʼ· ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ μὲν ἥδʼ ὁδὸς
ἔσται μέλουσα δύσποτμός τε καὶ κακὴ
πρὸς τοῦδε πατρὸς τῶν τε τοῦδʼ ἐρινύων·
1435
σφῷν δʼ εὖ διδοίη Ζεύς, τάδʼ εἰ θανόντι μοι
τελεῖτʼ, ἐπεὶ οὔ μοι ζῶντί γʼ αὖθις ἕξετον.
μέθεσθε δʼ ἤδη χαίρετόν τʼ· οὐ γάρ μʼ ἔτι
βλέποντʼ ἐσόψεσθʼ αὖθις.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ὦ τάλαινʼ ἐγώ.
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Πολυνείκης
μή τοί μʼ ὀδύρου.
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Ἀντιγόνη
καὶ τίς ἄν σʼ ὁρμώμενον
1440
εἰς προὖπτον Ἅιδην οὐ καταστένοι, κάσι;
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Πολυνείκης
εἰ χρή, θανοῦμαι.
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Ἀντιγόνη
μὴ σύ γʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐμοὶ πιθοῦ.
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Πολυνείκης
μὴ πεῖθʼ ἃ μὴ δεῖ.
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Ἀντιγόνη
δυστάλαινά τἄρʼ ἐγώ, εἴ σου στερηθῶ.
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Πολυνείκης
ταῦτα δʼ ἐν τῷ δαίμονι
καὶ τῇδε φῦναι χἀτέρᾳ. σφὼ δʼ οὖν ἐγὼ
1445
θεοῖς ἀρῶμαι μή ποτʼ ἀντῆσαι κακῶν·
ἀνάξιαι γὰρ πᾶσίν ἐστε δυστυχεῖν.
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Χορός
νέα τάδε νεόθεν ἦλθέ μοι
κακὰ βαρύποτμὰ παρʼ ἀλαοῦ ξένου,
1450
εἴ τι μοῖρα μὴ κιγχάνει.
μάταν γὰρ οὐδὲν ἀξίωμα δαιμόνων ἔχω φράσαι.
ὁρᾷ ὁρᾷ ταῦτʼ ἀεὶ χρόνος, τρέχων μὲν ἕτερα,
1455
τὰ δὲ παρʼ ἦμαρ αὖθις αὔξων ἄνω.
ἔκτυπεν αἰθήρ, ὦ Ζεῦ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ τέκνα τέκνα, πῶς ἄν, εἴ τις ἔντοπος,
τὸν πάντʼ ἄριστον δεῦρο Θησέα πόροι;
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Ἀντιγόνη
πάτερ, τί δʼ ἐστὶ τἀξίωμʼ ἐφʼ ᾧ καλεῖς;
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Οἰδίπους
1460
Διὸς πτερωτὸς ἥδε μʼ αὐτίκʼ ἄξεται
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