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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σαφὴς μὲν ἀστῶν, ἐμφανὴς δὲ τοῦ ξένου;
μή τις Διὸς κεραυνὸς ἤ τις ὀμβρία
χάλαζʼ ἐπιρράξασα; πάντα γὰρ θεοῦ
τοιαῦτα χειμάζοντος εἰκάσαι πάρα.
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Οἰδίπους
1505
ἄναξ, ποθοῦντι προυφάνης, καί σοι θεῶν
τύχην τις ἐσθλὴν τῆσδʼ ἔθηκε τῆς ὁδοῦ.
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Θησεύς
τί δʼ ἐστίν, ὦ παῖ Λαΐου, νέορτον αὖ;
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Οἰδίπους
ῥοπὴ βίου μοι· καί σʼ ἅπερ ξυνῄνεσα
θέλω πόλιν τε τήνδε μὴ ψεύσας θανεῖν.
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Θησεύς
1510
τῷ δʼ ἐκπέπεισαι τοῦ μόρου τεκμηρίῳ;
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Οἰδίπους
αὐτοὶ θεοὶ κήρυκες ἀγγέλλουσί μοι,
ψεύδοντες οὐδὲν σῆμα τῶν προκειμένων.
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Θησεύς
πῶς εἶπας, ὦ γεραιέ, δηλοῦσθαι τάδε;
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Οἰδίπους
αἱ πολλὰ βρονταὶ διατελεῖς τὰ πολλά τε
1515
στράψαντα χειρὸς τῆς ἀνικήτου βέλη.
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Θησεύς
πείθεις με· πολλὰ γάρ σε θεσπίζονθʼ ὁρῶ
κοὐ ψευδόφημα· χὤ τι χρὴ ποιεῖν λέγε.
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Οἰδίπους
ἐγὼ διδάξω, τέκνον Αἰγέως, ἅ σοι
γήρως ἄλυπα τῇδε κείσεται πόλει.
1520
χῶρον μὲν αὐτὸς αὐτίκʼ ἐξηγήσομαι,
ἄθικτος ἡγητῆρος, οὗ με χρὴ θανεῖν.
τοῦτον δὲ φράζε μή ποτʼ ἀνθρώπων τινί,
μήθʼ οὗ κέκευθε μήτʼ ἐν οἷς κεῖται τόποις·
ὥς σοι πρὸ πολλῶν ἀσπίδων ἀλκὴν ὅδε
1525
δορός τʼ ἐπακτοῦ γειτονῶν ἀεὶ τιθῇ.
ἃ δʼ ἐξάγιστα μηδὲ κινεῖται λόγῳ,
αὐτὸς μαθήσει, κεῖσʼ ὅταν μόλῃς μόνος·
ὡς οὔτʼ ἂν ἀστῶν τῶνδʼ ἂν ἐξείποιμί τῳ
οὔτʼ ἂν τέκνοισι τοῖς ἐμοῖς, στέργων ὅμως.
1530
ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς αἰεὶ σῷζε, χὤταν εἰς τέλος
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