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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καὶ δὴ μὲν οὖν παρόντα· χὤ τί σοι λέγειν
εὔκαιρόν ἐστιν, ἔννεφʼ, ὡς ἀνὴρ ὅδε.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ ξεῖνʼ, ἀκούων τῆσδε τῆς ὑπέρ τʼ ἐμοῦ
αὑτῆς θʼ ὁρώσης, οὕνεχʼ ἡμὶν αἴσιος
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σκοπὸς προσήκεις ὧν ἀδηλοῦμεν φράσαι—
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Ξένος
πρὶν νῦν τὰ πλείονʼ ἱστορεῖν, ἐκ τῆσδʼ ἕδρας
ἔξελθʼ· ἔχεις γὰρ χῶρον οὐχ ἁγνὸν πατεῖν.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς δʼ ἔσθʼ ὁ χῶρος; τοῦ θεῶν νομίζεται;
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Ξένος
ἄθικτος οὐδʼ οἰκητός· αἱ γὰρ ἔμφοβοι
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θεαί σφʼ ἔχουσι, Γῆς τε καὶ Σκότου κόραι.
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Οἰδίπους
τίνων τὸ σεμνὸν ὄνομʼ ἂν εὐξαίμην κλύων;
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Ξένος
τὰς πάνθʼ ὁρώσας Εὐμενίδας ὅ γʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἂν
εἴποι λεώς νιν· ἄλλα δʼ ἀλλαχοῦ καλά.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ ἵλεῳ μὲν τὸν ἱκέτην δεξαίατο·
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ὡς οὐχ ἕδρας γῆς τῆσδʼ ἂν ἐξέλθοιμʼ ἔτι.
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Ξένος
τί δʼ ἐστὶ τοῦτο;
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Οἰδίπους
ξυμφορᾶς ξύνθημʼ ἐμῆς.
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Ξένος
ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ ἐμοί τοι τοὐξανιστάναι πόλεως
δίχʼ ἐστὶ θάρσος, πρίν γʼ ἂν ἐνδείξω τί δρῶ.
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Οἰδίπους
πρός νυν θεῶν, ὦ ξεῖνε, μή μʼ ἀτιμάσῃς,
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τοιόνδʼ ἀλήτην, ὧν σε προστρέπω φράσαι.
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Ξένος
σήμαινε, κοὐκʼ ἄτιμος ἔκ γʼ ἐμοῦ φανεῖ.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς ἔσθʼ ὁ χῶρος δῆτʼ, ἐν ᾧ βεβήκαμεν;
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Ξένος
ὅσʼ οἶδα κἀγὼ πάντʼ ἐπιστήσει κλύων·
χῶρος μὲν ἱερὸς πᾶς ὅδʼ ἔστʼ· ἔχει δέ νιν
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σεμνὸς Ποσειδῶν· ἐν δʼ ὁ πυρφόρος θεὸς
Τιτὰν Προμηθεύς· ὃν δʼ ἐπιστείβεις τόπον,
χθονὸς καλεῖται τῆσδε χαλκόπους ὀδός,
ἔρεισμʼ Ἀθηνῶν· οἱ δὲ πλησίοι γύαι
τόνδʼ ἱππότην Κολωνὸν εὔχονται σφίσιν
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