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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τροφῆς ἔληξε καὶ κατίσχυσεν δέμας,
ἀεὶ μεθʼ ἡμῶν δύσμορος πλανωμένη
γερονταγωγεῖ, πολλὰ μὲν κατʼ ἀγρίαν
ὕλην ἄσιτος νηλίπους τʼ ἀλωμένη,
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πολλοῖσι δʼ ὄμβροις ἡλίου τε καύμασιν
μοχθοῦσα τλήμων δεύτερʼ ἡγεῖται τὰ τῆς
οἴκοι διαίτης, εἰ πατὴρ τροφὴν ἔχοι.
σὺ δʼ, ὦ τέκνον, πρόσθεν μὲν ἐξίκου πατρὶ
μαντεῖʼ ἄγουσα πάντα, Καδμείων λάθρᾳ,
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ἃ τοῦδʼ ἐχρήσθη σώματος, φύλαξ τέ μου
πιστὴ κατέστης, γῆς ὅτʼ ἐξηλαυνόμην·
νῦν δʼ αὖ τίνʼ ἥκεις μῦθον, Ἰσμήνη, πατρὶ
φέρουσα; τίς σʼ ἐξῆρεν οἴκοθεν στόλος;
ἥκεις γὰρ οὐ κενή γε, τοῦτʼ ἐγὼ σαφῶς
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ἔξοιδα, μὴ οὐχὶ δεῖμʼ ἐμοὶ φέρουσά τι.
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Ἰσμήνη
ἐγὼ τὰ μὲν παθήμαθʼ ἅπαθον, πάτερ,
ζητοῦσα τὴν σὴν ποῦ κατοικοίης τροφήν,
παρεῖσʼ ἐάσω· δὶς γὰρ οὐχὶ βούλομαι
πονοῦσά τʼ ἀλγεῖν καὶ λέγουσʼ αὖθις πάλιν.
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ἃ δʼ ἀμφὶ τοῖν σοῖν δυσμόροιν παίδοιν κακὰ
νῦν ἐστι, ταῦτα σημανοῦσʼ ἐλήλυθα.
πρὶν μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἦν ἔρως Κρέοντί τε
θρόνους ἐᾶσθαι μηδὲ χραίνεσθαι πόλιν,
λόγῳ σκοποῦσι τὴν πάλαι γένους φθοράν,
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οἵα κατέσχε τὸν σὸν ἄθλιον δόμον·
νῦν δʼ ἐκ θεῶν του κἀλιτηρίου φρενὸς
εἰσῆλθε τοῖν τρὶς ἀθλίοιν ἔρις κακή,
ἀρχῆς λαβέσθαι καὶ κράτους τυραννικοῦ.
χὠ μὲν νεάζων καὶ χρόνῳ μείων γεγὼς
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