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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ἥκεις ἔμʼ ἄξων, οὐχʼ ἵνʼ ἐς δόμους ἄγῃς,
785
ἀλλʼ ὡς πάραυλον οἰκίσῃς, πόλις δέ σοι
κακῶν ἄνατος τῆσδʼ ἀπαλλαχθῇ χθονός.
οὐκ ἔστι σοι ταῦτʼ, ἀλλά σοι τάδʼ ἔστʼ, ἐκεῖ
χώρας ἀλάστωρ οὑμὸς ἐνναίων ἀεί·
ἔστιν δὲ παισὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖσι τῆς ἐμῆς
790
χθονὸς λαχεῖν τοσοῦτον, ἐνθανεῖν μόνον.
ἆρʼ οὐκ ἄμεινον ἢ σὺ τἀν Θήβαις φρονῶ;
πολλῷ γʼ, ὅσῳπερ κἀκ σαφεστέρων κλύω,
Φοίβου τε καὐτοῦ Ζηνός, ὃς κείνου πατήρ.
τὸ σὸν δʼ ἀφῖκται δεῦρʼ ὑπόβλητον στόμα,
795
πολλὴν ἔχον στόμωσιν· ἐν δὲ τῷ λέγειν
κάκʼ ἂν λάβοις τὰ πλείονʼ ἢ σωτήρια.
ἀλλʼ οἶδα γάρ σε ταῦτα μὴ πείθων, ἴθι·
ἡμᾶς δʼ ἔα ζῆν ἐνθάδʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἂν κακῶς
οὐδʼ ὧδʼ ἔχοντες ζῷμεν, εἰ τερποίμεθα.
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Κρέων
800
πότερα νομίζεις δυστυχεῖν ἔμʼ ἐς τὰ σά,
ἤ σʼ εἰς τὰ σαυτοῦ μᾶλλον, ἐνἐς τῷ νῦν λόγῳ;
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Οἰδίπους
ἐμοὶ μέν ἐσθʼ ἥδιστον, εἰ σὺ μήτʼ ἐμὲ
πείθειν οἷός τʼ εἶ μήτε τούσδε τοὺς πέλας.
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Κρέων
ὦ δύσμορʼ, οὐδὲ τῷ χρόνῳ φύσας φανεῖ
805
φρένας ποτʼ ἀλλὰ λῦμα τῷ γήρᾳ τρέφει;
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Οἰδίπους
γλώσσῃ σὺ δεινός· ἄνδρα δʼ οὐδένʼ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ
δίκαιον ὅστις ἐξ ἅπαντος εὖ λέγει.
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Κρέων
χωρὶς τό τʼ εἰπεῖν πολλὰ καὶ τὰ καίρια.
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Οἰδίπους
ὡς δὴ σὺ βραχέα, ταῦτα δʼ ἐν καιρῷ λέγεις.
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Κρέων
810
οὐ δῆθʼ ὅτῳ γε νοῦς ἴσος καὶ σοὶ πάρα.
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Οἰδίπους
ἄπελθʼ, ἐρῶ γὰρ καὶ πρὸ τῶνδε, μηδέ με
φύλασσʼ ἐφορμῶν ἔνθα χρὴ ναίειν ἐμέ.
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Κρέων
μαρτύρομαι τούσδʼ, οὐ σέ· πρὸς δὲ τοὺς φίλους
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