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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ξένον ἐξανύσαι
μόρῳ τὰν παγκευθῆ κάτω
νεκρῶν πλάκα καὶ Στύγιον δόμον.
1565
πολλῶν γὰρ ἂν καὶ μάταν
πημάτων ἱκνουμένων
πάλιν σφε δαίμων δίκαιος αὔξοι.
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Χορός
ὦ χθόνιαι θεαὶ σῶμά τʼ ἀνικάτου
θηρός, ὃν ἐν πύλαισι
1570
ταῖσι πολυξένοις
εὐνᾶσθαι κνυζεῖσθαί τʼ ἐξ ἄντρων
ἀδάματον φύλακα παρʼ Ἁίδᾳ
λόγος αἰὲν ἔχει·
τόν, ὦ Γᾶς παῖ καὶ Ταρτάρου,
1575
κατεύχομαι ἐν καθαρῷ βῆναι
ὁρμωμένῳ νερτέρας
τῷ ξένῳ νεκρῶν πλάκας·
σέ τοι κικλήσκω τὸν αἰένυπνον.
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Ἄγγελος
ἄνδρες πολῖται, ξυντομωτάτως, μὲν ἂν
1580
τύχοιμι λέξας Οἰδίπουν ὀλωλότα·
ἃ δʼ ἦν τὰ πραχθέντʼ, οὔθʼ ὁ μῦθος ἐν βραχεῖ
φράσαι πάρεστιν οὔτε τἄργʼ ὅσʼ ἦν ἐκεῖ.
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Χορός
ὄλωλε γὰρ δύστηνος;
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Ἄγγελος
ὡς λελοιπότα
κεῖνον τὸν ἀεὶ βίοτον ἐξεπίστασο.
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Χορός
1585
πῶς; ἆρα θείᾳ κἀπόνῳ τάλας τύχῃ;
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Ἄγγελος
ταῦτʼ ἐστὶν ἤδη κἀποθαυμάσαι πρέπον.
ὡς μὲν γὰρ ἐνθένδʼ εἷρπε, καὶ σύ που παρὼν
ἔξοισθʼ, ὑφηγητῆρος οὐδενὸς φίλων,
ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ἡμῖν πᾶσιν ἐξηγούμενος.
1590
ἐπεὶ δʼ ἀφῖκτο τὸν καταρράκτην ὀδὸν
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