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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ἄνακτας ἀρκεῖ ταῦτά μοι διειδέναι.
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Οἰδίπους
καὶ ποῦ ʼσθʼ ὁ κραίνων τῆσδε τῆς χώρας, ξένοι;
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Χορός
πατρῷον ἄστυ γῆς ἔχει· σκοπὸς δέ νιν,
ὃς κἀμὲ δεῦρʼ ἔπεμψεν, οἴχεται στελῶν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ καὶ δοκεῖτε τοῦ τυφλοῦ τινʼ ἐντροπὴν
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ἢ φροντίδʼ, ἕξειν, αὐτὸν ὥστʼ ἐλθεῖν πέλας;
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Χορός
καὶ κάρθʼ, ὅταν περ τοὔνομʼ αἴσθηται τὸ σόν.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς δʼ ἔσθʼ ὁ κείνῳ τοῦτο τοὔπος ἀγγελῶν;
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Χορός
μακρὰ κέλευθος· πολλὰ δʼ ἐμπόρων ἔπη
φιλεῖ πλανᾶσθαι, τῶν ἐκεῖνος ἀΐων,
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θάρσει, παρέσται. πολὺ γάρ, ὦ γέρον, τὸ σὸν
ὄνομα διήκει πάντας, ὥστε κεἰ βραδὺς
εὕδει, κλύων σοῦ δεῦρʼ ἀφίξεται ταχύς.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ εὐτυχὴς ἵκοιτο τῇ θʼ αὑτοῦ πόλει
ἐμοί τε· τίς γὰρ ἐσθλὸς οὐχ αὑτῷ φίλος;
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Ἀντιγόνη
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ὦ Ζεῦ, τί λέξω; ποῖ φρενῶν ἔλθω, πάτερ;
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Οἰδίπους
τί δʼ ἔστι, τέκνον Ἀντιγόνη;
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Ἀντιγόνη
γυναῖχʼ ὁρῶ
στείχουσαν ἡμῶν ἆσσον, Αἰτναίας ἐπὶ
πώλου βεβῶσαν· κρατὶ δʼ ἡλιοστεγὴς
κυνῆ πρόσωπα Θεσσαλίς νιν ἀμπέχει.
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τί φῶ;
ἆρʼ ἔστιν; ἆρʼ οὐκ ἔστιν; ἢ γνώμη πλανᾷ;
καὶ φημὶ κἀπόφημι κοὐκ ἔχω τί φῶ.
τάλαινα.
οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλη· φαιδρὰ γοῦν ἀπʼ ὀμμάτων
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σαίνει με προσστείχουσα· σημαίνει δʼ ὅτι
μόνης τόδʼ ἐστὶ δῆλον Ἰσμήνης κάρα.
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Οἰδίπους
πῶς εἶπας, ὦ παῖ;
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Ἀντιγόνη
παῖδα σήν, ἐμὴν δʼ ὁρᾶν
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