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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εἰπεῖν ἃ χρῄζω, χὠ λόγος διοίχεται.
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575
τοῦτʼ αὐτὸ νῦν δίδασχʼ, ὅπως ἂν ἐκμάθω.
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Οἰδίπους
δώσων ἱκάνω τοὐμὸν ἄθλιον δέμας
σοὶ δῶρον, οὐ σπουδαῖον εἰς ὄψιν· τὰ δὲ
κέρδη παρʼ αὐτοῦ κρείσσονʼ ἢ μορφὴ καλή.
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ποῖον δὲ κέρδος ἀξιοῖς ἥκειν φέρων;
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580
χρόνῳ μάθοις ἄν, οὐχὶ τῷ παρόντι που.
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Θησεύς
ποίῳ γὰρ ἡ σὴ προσφορὰ δηλώσεται;
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Οἰδίπους
ὅταν θάνω ʼγὼ καὶ σύ μου ταφεὺς γένῃ
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Θησεύς
τὰ λοίσθιʼ αἰτεῖ τοῦ βίου, τὰ δʼ ἐν μέσῳ
ἢ λῆστιν ἴσχεις ἢ διʼ οὐδενὸς ποεῖ.
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585
ἐνταῦθα γάρ μοι κεῖνα συγκομίζεται.
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Θησεύς
ἀλλʼ ἐν βραχεῖ δὴ τήνδε μʼ ἐξαιτεῖ χάριν.
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ὅρα γε μήν· οὐ σμικρός, οὔχ, ἁγὼν ὅδε.
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Θησεύς
πότερα τὰ τῶν σῶν ἐκγόνων κἀμοῦ λέγεις;—
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Οἰδίπους
κεῖνοι κομίζειν κεῖσʼ ἄναξ, χρῄζουσί με.
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590
ἀλλʼ εἰ θέλοντά γʼ οὐδὲ σοὶ φεύγειν καλόν.
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ἀλλʼ οὐδʼ, ὅτʼ αὐτὸς ἤθελον, παρίεσαν.
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Θησεύς
ὦ μῶρε, θυμὸς δʼ ἐν κακοῖς οὐ ξύμφορον.
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ὅταν μάθῃς μου, νουθέτει, τανῦν δʼ ἔα.
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Θησεύς
δίδασκʼ· ἄνευ γνώμης γὰρ οὔ με χρὴ λέγειν.
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595
πέπονθα, Θησεῦ, δεινὰ πρὸς κακοῖς κακά.
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Θησεύς
ἦ τὴν παλαιὰν ξυμφορὰν γένους ἐρεῖς;
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οὐ δῆτʼ, ἐπεὶ πᾶς τοῦτό γʼ Ἑλλήνων θροεῖ.
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Θησεύς
τί γὰρ τὸ μεῖζον ἢ κατʼ ἄνθρωπον νοσεῖς;
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Οἰδίπους
οὕτως ἔχει μοι. γῆς ἐμῆς ἀπηλάθην
600
πρὸς τῶν ἐμαυτοῦ σπερμάτων· ἔστιν δέ μοι
πάλιν κατελθεῖν μήποθʼ, ὡς πατροκτόνῳ.
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Θησεύς
πῶς δῆτα σʼ ἂν πεμψαίαθʼ, ὥστʼ οἰκεῖν δίχα;
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τὸ θεῖον αὐτοὺς ἐξαναγκάσει στόμα.
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