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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τοῦ ζῆν ἀφικνῇ, τῷ προφερτάτῳ μόνῳ
σήμαινʼ, ὁ δʼ αἰεὶ τὠπιόντι δεικνύτω.
χοὔτως ἀδῇον τήνδʼ ἐνοικήσεις πόλιν
σπαρτῶν ἀπʼ ἀνδρῶν· αἱ δὲ μυρίαι πόλεις,
1535
κἂν εὖ τις οἰκῇ, ῥᾳδίως καθύβρισαν.
θεοὶ γὰρ εὖ μέν, ὀψὲ δʼ εἰσορῶσʼ, ὅταν
τὰ θεῖʼ ἀφείς τις εἰς τὸ μαίνεσθαι τραπῇ·
ὃ μὴ σύ, τέκνον Αἰγέως, βούλου παθεῖν.
τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτʼ οὖν εἰδότʼ ἐκδιδάσκομεν.
1540
χῶρον δʼ, ἐπείγει γάρ με τοὐκ θεοῦ παρόν,
στείχωμεν ἤδη μηδʼ ἔτʼ ἐντρεπώμεθα.
ὦ παῖδες, ὧδʼ ἕπεσθʼ· ἐγὼ γὰρ ἡγεμὼν
σφῷν αὖ πέφασμαι καινός, ὥσπερ σφὼ πατρί.
χωρεῖτε καὶ μὴ ψαύετʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐᾶτέ με
1545
αὐτὸν τὸν ἱερὸν τύμβον ἐξευρεῖν, ἵνα
μοῖρʼ ἀνδρὶ τῷδε τῇδε κρυφθῆναι χθονί.
τῇδʼ ὧδε, τῇδε βᾶτε· τῇδε γάρ μʼ ἄγει
Ἑρμῆς ὁ πομπὸς ἥ τε νερτέρα θεός.
ὦ φῶς ἀφεγγές, πρόσθε πού ποτʼ ἦσθʼ ἐμόν,
1550
νῦν δʼ ἔσχατόν σου τοὐμὸν ἅπτεται δέμας.
ἤδη γὰρ ἕρπω τὸν τελευταῖον βίον
κρύψων παρʼ Ἅιδην. ἀλλά, φίλτατε ξένων,
αὐτός τε χώρα θʼ ἥδε πρόσπολοί τε σοὶ
εὐδαίμονες γένοισθε, κἀπʼ εὐπραξίᾳ
1555
μέμνησθέ μου θανόντος εὐτυχεῖς ἀεί.
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Χορός
εἰ θέμις ἐστί μοι τὰν ἀφανῆ θεὸν
καὶ σὲ λιταῖς σεβίζειν,
ἐννυχίων ἄναξ,
1560
Αἰδωνεῦ Αἰδωνεῦ, λίσσωμαι
ἄπονα μήτʼ ἐπὶ βαρυαχεῖ
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