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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ἔπειτα δʼ ἱκέτης δαιμόνων ἀφιγμένος
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γῇ τῇδε κἀμοὶ δασμὸν οὐ σμικρὸν τίνει.
ἁγὼ σεβισθεὶς οὔποτʼ ἐκβαλῶ χάριν
τὴν τοῦδε, χώρᾳ δʼ ἔμπολιν κατοικιῶ.
εἰ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἡδὺ τῷ ξένῳ μίμνειν, σέ νιν
τάξω φυλάσσειν, εἴτʼ ἐμοῦ στείχειν μέτα,
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τόδʼ ἡδύ, τούτων, Οἰδίπους, δίδωμί σοι
κρίναντι χρῆσθαι· τῇδε γὰρ ξυνοίσομαι.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ Ζεῦ, διδοίης τοῖσι τοιούτοισιν εὖ.
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Θησεύς
τί δῆτα χρῄζεις; ἦ δόμους στείχειν ἐμούς;
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Οἰδίπους
εἴ μοι θέμις γʼ ἦν· ἀλλʼ ὁ χῶρός ἐσθʼ ὅδε,
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Θησεύς
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ἐν ᾧ τί πράξεις; οὐ γὰρ ἀντιστήσομαι.
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Οἰδίπους
ἐν ᾧ κρατήσω τῶν ἔμʼ ἐκβεβληκότων.
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Θησεύς
μέγʼ ἂν λέγοις δώρημα τῆς συνουσίας.
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Οἰδίπους
εἰ σοί γʼ ἅπερ φῂς ἐμμενεῖ τελοῦντί μοι.
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Θησεύς
θάρσει τὸ τοῦδέ γʼ ἀνδρός· οὔ σε μὴ προδῶ.
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Οἰδίπους
650
οὔτοι σʼ ὑφʼ ὅρκου γʼ ὡς κακὸν πιστώσομαι.
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Θησεύς
οὔκουν πέρα γʼ ἂν οὐδὲν ἢ λόγῳ φέροις.
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Οἰδίπους
πῶς οὖν ποήσεις;
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Θησεύς
τοῦ μάλιστʼ ὄκνος σʼ ἔχει;
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Οἰδίπους
ἥξουσιν ἄνδρες
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Θησεύς
ἀλλὰ τοῖσδʼ ἔσται μέλον.
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Οἰδίπους
ὅρα με λείπων
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Θησεύς
μὴ δίδασχʼ ἃ χρή με δρᾶν.
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Οἰδίπους
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ὀκνοῦντʼ ἀνάγκη.
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Θησεύς
τοὐμὸν οὐκ ὀκνεῖ κέαρ.
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Οἰδίπους
οὐκ οἶσθʼ ἀπειλὰς
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Θησεύς
οἶδʼ ἐγώ σε μή τινα
ἐνθένδʼ ἀπάξοντʼ ἄνδρα πρὸς βίαν ἐμοῦ.
πολλαὶ δʼ ἀπειλαὶ πολλὰ δὴ μάτην ἔπη
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