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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οὐκ ἠγόρευον ταῦτʼ ἐγώ;
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Χορός
μέθες χεροῖν
τὴν παῖδα θᾶσσον.
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Κρέων
μὴ ʼπίτασσʼ ἃ μὴ κρατεῖς.
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Χορός
840
χαλᾶν λέγω σοι.
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Κρέων
σοὶ δʼ ἔγωγʼ ὁδοιπορεῖν.
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Χορός
πρόβαθʼ ὧδε, βᾶτε βᾶτʼ, ἔντοποι·
πόλις ἐναίρεται, πόλις ἐμά, σθένει· πρόβαθʼ ὧδέ μοι.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἀφέλκομαι δύστηνος, ὦ ξένοι ξένοι.
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Οἰδίπους
ποῦ, τέκνον, εἴ μοι;
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Ἀντιγόνη
πρὸς βίαν πορεύομαι.
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Οἰδίπους
845
ὄρεξον, ὦ παῖ, χεῖρας.
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Ἀντιγόνη
ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν σθένω.
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Κρέων
οὐκ ἄξεθʼ ὑμεῖς;
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ τάλας ἐγώ, τάλας.
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Κρέων
οὔκουν ποτʼ ἐκ τούτοιν γε μὴ σκήπτροιν ἔτι
ὁδοιπορήσῃς· ἀλλʼ ἐπεὶ νικᾶν θέλεις
850
πατρίδα τε τὴν σὴν καὶ φίλους, ὑφʼ ὧν ἐγὼ
ταχθεὶς τάδʼ ἔρδω, καὶ τύραννος ὢν ὅμως,
νίκα. χρόνῳ γάρ, οἶδʼ ἐγώ, γνώσει τάδε,
ὁθούνεκʼ αὐτὸς αὑτὸν οὔτε νῦν καλὰ
δρᾷς οὔτε πρόσθεν εἰργάσω βίᾳ φίλων,
855
ὀργῇ χάριν δούς, ἥ σʼ ἀεὶ λυμαίνεται.
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Χορός
ἐπίσχες αὐτοῦ, ξεῖνε.
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Κρέων
μὴ ψαύειν λέγω.
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Χορός
οὔτοι σʼ ἀφήσω, τῶνδέ γʼ ἐστερημένος.
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Κρέων
καὶ μεῖζον ἆρα ῥύσιον πόλει τάχα
θήσεις· ἐφάψομαι γὰρ οὐ ταύταιν μόναιν.
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Χορός
860
ἀλλʼ ἐς τί τρέψει;
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Κρέων
τόνδʼ ἀπάξομαι λαβών.
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