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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τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι μήδʼ ὁρᾶν, δυοῖν κακοῖν·
σφῷν δʼ ἁτέρα μολοῦσα πραξάτω τάδε.
ἀρκεῖν γὰρ οἶμαι κἀντὶ μυρίων μίαν
ψυχὴν τάδʼ ἐκτίνουσαν, ἢν εὔνους παρῇ.
500
ἀλλʼ ἐν τάχει τι πράσσετον· μόνον δέ με
μὴ λείπετʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοι τοὐμὸν δέμας
ἔρημον ἕρπειν οὐδʼ ὑφηγητοῦ δίχα.
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Ἰσμήνη
ἀλλʼ εἶμʼ ἐγὼ τελοῦσα· τὸν τόπον δʼ ἵνα
χρῆσταί μʼ ἐφευρεῖν, τοῦτο βούλομαι μαθεῖν.
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Χορός
505
τοὐκεῖθεν ἄλσους, ὦ ξένη, τοῦδʼ· ἢν δέ του
σπάνιν τινʼ ἴσχῃς, ἔστʼ ἔποικος ὃς φράσει.
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Ἰσμήνη
χωροῖμʼ ἂν ἐς τόδʼ· Ἀντιγόνη, σὺ δʼ ἐνθάδε
φύλασσε πατέρα τόνδε· τοῖς τεκοῦσι γὰρ
οὐδʼ εἰ πονεῖ τις, δεῖ πόνου μνήμην ἔχειν.
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Χορός
510
δεινὸν μὲν τὸ πάλαι κείμενον ἤδη κακόν, ὦ ξεῖνʼ, ἐπεγείρειν·
ὅμως δʼ ἔραμαι πυθέσθαι
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Οἰδίπους
τί τοῦτο;
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Χορός
τᾶς δειλαίας ἀπόρου φανείσας
ἀλγηδόνος, ᾇ ξυνέστας.
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Οἰδίπους
515
μὴ πρὸς ξενίας ἀνοίξῃς
τᾶς σᾶς ἃ πέπονθʼ ἀναιδῆ.
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Χορός
τό τοι πολὺ καὶ μηδαμὰ λῆγον
χρῄζω, ξεῖνʼ, ὀρθὸν ἄκουσμʼ ἀκοῦσαι.
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Οἰδίπους
ὤμοι.
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Χορός
στέρξον, ἱκετεύω.
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Οἰδίπους
φεῦ φεῦ.
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Χορός
520
πείθου· κἀγὼ γὰρ ὅσον σὺ προσχρῄζεις.
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Οἰδίπους
ἤνεγκʼ οὖν κακότατʼ, ὦ ξένοι, ἤνεγκʼ ἀέκων μέν,
θεὸς ἴστω,
τούτων δʼ αὐθαίρετον οὐδέν.
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