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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ἦ καὶ κατασκιῶσι Θηβαίᾳ κόνει;
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Ἰσμήνη
ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐᾷ τοὔμφυλον αἷμά σʼ, ὦ πάτερ.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐκ ἆρʼ ἐμοῦ γε μὴ κρατήσωσίν ποτε.
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Ἰσμήνη
ἔσται ποτʼ ἆρα τοῦτο Καδμείοις βάρος.
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Οἰδίπους
410
ποίας φανείσης, ὦ τέκνον, συναλλαγῆς;
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τῆς σῆς ὑπʼ ὀργῆς, σοῖς ὅταν στῶσιν τάφοις.
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ἃ δʼ ἐννέπεις, κλύουσα τοῦ λέγεις, τέκνον;
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Ἰσμήνη
ἀνδρῶν θεωρῶν Δελφικῆς ἀφʼ ἑστίας.
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Οἰδίπους
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐφʼ ἡμῖν Φοῖβος εἰρηκὼς κυρεῖ;
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Ἰσμήνη
415
ὥς φασιν οἱ μολόντες εἰς Θήβης πέδον.
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παίδων τις οὖν ἤκουσε τῶν ἐμῶν τάδε;
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ἄμφω γʼ ὁμοίως, κἀξεπίστασθον καλῶς.
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Οἰδίπους
κᾆθʼ οἱ κάκιστοι τῶνδʼ ἀκούσαντες, πάρος
τοὐμοῦ πόθου προύθεντο τὴν τυραννίδα;
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420
ἀλγῶ κλύουσα ταῦτʼ ἐγώ, φέρω δʼ ὅμως.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀλλʼ οἱ θεοί σφιν μήτε τὴν πεπρωμένην
ἔριν κατασβέσειαν, ἔν τʼ ἐμοὶ τέλος
αὐτοῖν γένοιτο τῆσδε τῆς μάχης πέρι,
ἧς νῦν ἔχονται κἀπαναίρονται δόρυ·
425
ὡς οὔτʼ ἂν ὃς νῦν σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους ἔχει
μείνειεν οὔτʼ ἂν οὑξεληλυθὼς πάλιν
ἔλθοι ποτʼ αὖθις· οἵ γε τὸν φύσαντʼ ἐμὲ
οὕτως ἀτίμως πατρίδος ἐξωθούμενον
οὐκ ἔσχον οὐδʼ ἤμυναν, ἀλλʼ ἀνάστατος
430
αὐτοῖς ἐπέμφθην κἀξεκηρύχθην φυγάς.
εἴποις ἂν ὡς θέλοντι τοῦτʼ ἐμοὶ τότε
πόλις τὸ δῶρον εἰκότως κατῄνεσεν.
οὐ δῆτʼ, ἐπεί τοι τὴν μὲν αὐτίχʼ ἡμέραν,
ὁπηνίκʼ ἔζει θυμός, ἥδιστον δέ μοι
435
τὸ κατθανεῖν ἦν καὶ τὸ λευσθῆναι πέτροις,
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