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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ἀποστερίσκει, κἀξελήλακεν πάτρας.
ὁ δʼ, ὡς καθʼ ἡμᾶς ἔσθʼ ὁ πληθύων λόγος,
τὸ κοῖλον Ἄργος βὰς φυγὰς προσλαμβάνει
κῆδός τε καινὸν καὶ ξυνασπιστὰς φίλους
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ὡς αὐτίκʼ Ἄργος ἢ τὸ Καδμείων πέδον
τιμῇ καθέξον ἢ πρὸς οὐρανὸν βιβῶν.
ταῦτʼ οὐκ ἀριθμός ἐστιν, ὦ πάτερ, λόγων,
ἀλλʼ ἔργα δεινά· τοὺς δὲ σοὺς ὅπου θεοὶ
πόνους κατοικτιοῦσιν οὐκ ἔχω μαθεῖν.
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Οἰδίπους
385
ἤδη γὰρ ἔσχες ἐλπίδʼ ὡς ἐμοῦ θεοὺς
ὤραν τινʼ ἕξειν, ὥστε σωθῆναί ποτε;
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Ἰσμήνη
ἔγωγε τοῖς νὺν γʼ, ὦ πάτερ, μαντεύμασιν.
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Οἰδίπους
ποίοισι τούτοις; τί δὲ τεθέσπισται, τέκνον;
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Ἰσμήνη
σὲ τοῖς ἐκεῖ ζητητὸν ἀνθρώποις ποτὲ
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θανόντʼ ἔσεσθαι ζῶντά τʼ εὐσοίας χάριν.
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Οἰδίπους
τίς δʼ ἂν τοιοῦδʼ ὑπʼ ἀνδρὸς εὖ πράξειεν ἄν;
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Ἰσμήνη
ἐν σοὶ τὰ κείνων φασὶ γίγνεσθαι κράτη.
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Οἰδίπους
ὅτʼ οὐκέτʼ εἰμί, τηνικαῦτʼ ἄρʼ εἴμʼ ἀνήρ;
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Ἰσμήνη
νῦν γὰρ θεοί σʼ ὀρθοῦσι, πρόσθε δʼ ὤλλυσαν.
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Οἰδίπους
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γέροντα δʼ ὀρθοῦν φλαῦρον ὃς νέος πέσῃ.
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Ἰσμήνη
καὶ μὴν Κρέοντά γʼ ἴσθι σοι τούτων χάριν
ἥξοντα βαιοῦ κοὐχὶ μυρίου χρόνου.
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Οἰδίπους
ὅπως τί δράσῃ, θύγατερ; ἑρμήνευέ μοι.
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Ἰσμήνη
ὥς σʼ ἄγχι γῆς στήσωσι Καδμείας, ὅπως
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κρατῶσι μὲν σοῦ, γῆς δὲ μὴ ʼμβαίνῃς ὅρων.
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Οἰδίπους
ἡ δʼ ὠφέλησις τίς θύρασι κειμένου;
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Ἰσμήνη
κείνοις ὁ τύμβος δυστυχῶν ὁ σὸς βαρύς.
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Οἰδίπους
κἄνευ θεοῦ τις τοῦτό γʼ ἂν γνώμῃ μάθοι.
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Ἰσμήνη
τούτου χάριν τοίνυν σε προσθέσθαι πέλας
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χώρας θέλουσι, μηδʼ ἵνʼ ἂν σαυτοῦ κρατοῖς.
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