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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ὅμαιμον· αὐδῇ δʼ αὐτίκʼ ἔξεστιν μαθεῖν.
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Ἰσμήνη
ὦ δισσὰ πατρὸς καὶ κασιγνήτης ἐμοὶ
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ἥδιστα προσφωνήμαθʼ, ὡς ὑμᾶς μόλις
εὑροῦσα λύπῃ δεύτερον μόλις βλέπω.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ τέκνον, ἥκεις;
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Ἰσμήνη
ὦ πάτερ δύσμοιρʼ ὁρᾶν.
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Οἰδίπους
τέκνον, πέφηνας;
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Ἰσμήνη
οὐκ ἄνευ μόχθου γέ μοι.
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Οἰδίπους
πρόσψαυσον, ὦ παῖ.
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Ἰσμήνη
θιγγάνω δυοῖν ὁμοῦ.
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Οἰδίπους
330
ὦ σπέρμʼ ὅμαιμον.
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Ἰσμήνη
ὦ δυσάθλιαι τροφαί.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ τῆσδε κἀμοῦ;
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Ἰσμήνη
δυσμόρου τʼ ἐμοῦ τρίτης.
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Οἰδίπους
τέκνον, τί δʼ ἦλθες;
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Ἰσμήνη
σῇ, πάτερ, προμηθίᾳ.
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Οἰδίπους
πότερα πόθοισι;
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Ἰσμήνη
καὶ λόγων γʼ αὐτάγγελος,
ξὺν ᾧπερ εἶχον οἰκετῶν πιστῷ μόνῳ.
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Οἰδίπους
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οἱ δʼ αὐθόμαιμοι ποῦ νεανίαι πονεῖν;
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Ἰσμήνη
εἴσʼ οὗπέρ εἰσι· δεινὰ τἀν κείνοις τανῦν.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ πάντʼ ἐκείνω τοῖς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ νόμοις
φύσιν κατεικασθέντε καὶ βίου τροφάς·
ἐκεῖ γὰρ οἱ μὲν ἄρσενες κατὰ στέγας
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θακοῦσιν ἱστουργοῦντες, αἱ δὲ σύννομοι
τἄξω βίου τροφεῖα πορσύνουσʼ ἀεί.
σφῷν δʼ, ὦ τέκνʼ, οὓς μὲν εἰκὸς ἦν πονεῖν τάδε,
κατʼ οἶκον οἰκουροῦσιν ὥστε παρθένοι,
σφὼ δʼ ἀντʼ ἐκείνων τἀμὰ δυστήνου κακὰ
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ὑπερπονεῖτον. ἡ μὲν ἐξ ὅτου νέας
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