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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1765
χώραν ἕξειν αἰὲν ἄλυπον.
ταῦτʼ οὖν ἔκλυεν δαίμων ἡμῶν
χὠ πάντʼ ἀΐων Διὸς Ὅρκος.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἀλλʼ εἰ τάδʼ ἔχει κατὰ νοῦν κείνῳ,
ταῦτʼ ἂν ἀπαρκοῖ· Θήβας δʼ ἡμᾶς
1770
τὰς ὠγυγίους πέμψον, ἐάν πως
διακωλύσωμεν ἰόντα φόνον
τοῖσιν ὁμαίμοις.
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Θησεύς
δράσω καὶ τάδε καὶ πάνθʼ ὁπόσʼ ἂν
μέλλω πράσσειν πρόσφορά θʼ ὑμῖν
1775
καὶ τῷ κατὰ γῆς, ὃς νέον ἔρρει,
πρὸς χάριν· οὐ δεῖ μʼ ἀποκάμνειν.
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἀποπαύετε μηδʼ ἐπὶ πλείω
θρῆνον ἐγείρετε·
πάντως γὰρ ἔχει τάδε κῦρος.
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