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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θοῦ νῦν καθαρμὸν τῶνδε δαιμόνων, ἐφʼ ἃς
τὸ πρῶτον ἵκου καὶ κατέστειψας πέδον.
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Οἰδίπους
τρόποισι ποίοις; ὦ ξένοι, διδάσκετε.
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Χορός
πρῶτον μὲν ἱερὰς ἐξ ἀειρύτου χοὰς
470
κρήνης ἐνεγκοῦ, διʼ ὁσίων χειρῶν θιγών.
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Οἰδίπους
ὅταν δὲ τοῦτο χεῦμʼ ἀκήρατον λάβω;
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Χορός
κρατῆρές εἰσιν, ἀνδρὸς εὔχειρος τέχνη,
ὧν κρᾶτʼ ἔρεψον καὶ λαβὰς ἀμφιστόμους.
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Οἰδίπους
θαλλοῖσιν ἢ κρόκαισιν, ἢ ποίῳ τρόπῳ;
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Χορός
475
οἰός γε νεαρᾶς νεοπόκῳ μαλλῷ λαβών.
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Οἰδίπους
εἶεν· τὸ δʼ ἔνθεν ποῖ τελευτῆσαί με χρή;
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Χορός
χοὰς χέασθαι στάντα πρὸς πρώτην ἕω.
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Οἰδίπους
ἦ τοῖσδε κρωσσοῖς οἷς λέγεις χέω τάδε;
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Χορός
τρισσάς γε πηγάς· τὸν τελευταῖον δʼ ὅλον.
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480
τοῦ τόνδε πλήσας θῶ; δίδασκε καὶ τόδε.
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Χορός
ὕδατος, μελίσσης· μηδὲ προσφέρειν μέθυ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὅταν δὲ τούτων γῆ μελάμφυλλος τύχῃ;
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Χορός
τρὶς ἐννέʼ αὐτῇ κλῶνας ἐξ ἀμφοῖν χεροῖν
τιθεὶς ἐλαίας τάσδʼ ἐπεύχεσθαι λιτάς.
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485
τούτων ἀκοῦσαι βούλομαι· μέγιστα γάρ.
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Χορός
ὥς σφας καλοῦμεν Εὐμενίδας, ἐξ εὐμενῶν
στέρνων δέχεσθαι τὸν ἱκέτην σωτήριον,
αἰτοῦ σύ τʼ αὐτὸς κεἴ τις ἄλλος ἀντὶ σοῦ,
ἄπυστα φωνῶν μηδὲ μηκύνων βοήν·
490
ἔπειτʼ ἀφέρπειν ἄστροφος. καὶ ταῦτά σοι
δράσαντι θαρσῶν ἂν παρασταίην ἐγώ·
ἄλλως δὲ δειμαίνοιμʼ ἄν, ὦ ξένʼ, ἀμφὶ σοι.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ παῖδε, κλύετον τῶνδε προσχώρων ξένων;
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἠκούσαμέν τε χὤ τι δεῖ πρόστασσε δρᾶν.
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Οἰδίπους
495
ἐμοὶ μὲν οὐχ ὁδωτά· λείπομαι γὰρ ἐν
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