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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βροντὴ πρὸς Ἅιδην· ἀλλὰ πέμψαθʼ ὡς τάχος.
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Χορός
μέγας, ἴδε, μάλʼ ὅδʼ ἐρείπεται
κτύπος ἄφατος διόβολος· ἐς δʼ ἄκραν
1465
δεῖμʼ ὑπῆλθε κρατὸς φόβαν.
ἔπτηξα θυμόν· οὐρανία γὰρ ἀστραπὴ φλέγει πάλιν.
τί μὰν ἀφήσει τέλος; δέδοικα δʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἅλιον
1470
ἀφορμᾷ ποτʼ, οὐκ ἄνευ ξυμφορᾶς.
ὦ μέγας αἰθήρ, ὦ Ζεῦ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ παῖδες, ἥκει τῷδʼ ἐπʼ ἀνδρὶ θέσφατος
βίου τελευτὴ κοὐκέτʼ ἔστʼ ἀποστροφή.
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Ἀντιγόνη
πῶς οἶσθα; τῷ δὲ τοῦτο συμβαλὼν ἔχεις;
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Οἰδίπους
1475
καλῶς κάτοιδʼ· ἀλλʼ ὡς τάχιστά μοι μολὼν
ἄνακτα χώρας τῆσδέ τις πορευσάτω.
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Χορός
ἔα ἔα, ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖθις ἀμφίσταται διαπρύσιος ὄτοβος.
1480
ἵλαος, ὦ δαίμων, ἵλαος εἴ τι γᾷ
ματέρι τυγχάνεις ἀφεγγὲς φέρων.
ἐναισίου δὲ σοῦ τύχοιμι, μηδʼ ἄλαστον ἄνδρʼ ἰδὼν
ἀκερδῆ χάριν μετάσχοιμί πως. Ζεῦ ἄνα σοὶ φωνῶ.
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Οἰδίπους
ἆρʼ ἐγγὺς ἁνήρ; ἆρʼ ἔτʼ ἐμψύχου, τέκνα,
κιχήσεταί μου καὶ κατορθοῦντος φρένα;
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Ἀντιγόνη
τί δʼ ἂν θέλοις τὸ πιστὸν ἐμφῦναι φρενί;
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Οἰδίπους
ἀνθʼ ὧν ἔπασχον εὖ, τελεσφόρον χάριν
1490
δοῦναί σφιν, ἥνπερ τυγχάνων ὑπεσχόμην.
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Χορός
ἰὼ ἰὼ παῖ, βᾶθι βᾶθʼ, εἴτʼ ἄκρα,
περὶ γύαλʼ ἐναλίῳ Ποσειδωνίῳ θεῷ, τυγχάνεις
βούθυτον ἑστίαν ἁγίζων, ἱκοῦ.
ὁ γὰρ ξένος σε καὶ πόλισμα καὶ φίλους ἐπαξιοῖ
1495
δικαίαν χάριν παρασχεῖν παθών.
σπεῦσον ἄϊσσʼ, ὦναξ.
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Θησεύς
1500
τίς αὖ παρʼ ὑμῶν κοινὸς ἠχεῖται κτύπος,
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