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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δεινὸν λέγοις ἄν.
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Κρέων
τοῦτο νῦν πεπράξεται.
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Χορός
ἢν μή σʼ ὁ κραίνων τῆσδε γῆς ἀπειργάθῃ.
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Οἰδίπους
ὦ φθέγμʼ ἀναιδές, ἦ σὺ γὰρ ψαύσεις ἐμοῦ;
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Κρέων
αὐδῶ σιωπᾶν.
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Οἰδίπους
μὴ γὰρ αἵδε δαίμονες
865
θεῖέν μʼ ἄφωνον τῆσδε τῆς ἀρᾶς ἔτι,
ὅς μʼ, ὦ κάκιστε, ψιλὸν ὄμμʼ ἀποσπάσας
πρὸς ὄμμασιν τοῖς πρόσθεν ἐξοίχει βίᾳ.
τοιγὰρ σέ τʼ αὐτὸν καὶ γένος τὸ σὸν θεῶν
ὁ πάντα λεύσσων Ἥλιος δοίη βίον
870
τοιοῦτον οἷον κἀμὲ γηρᾶναί ποτε.
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Κρέων
ὁρᾶτε ταῦτα, τῆσδε γῆς ἐγχώριοι;
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Οἰδίπους
ὁρῶσι κἀμὲ καὶ σέ, καὶ φρονοῦσʼ ὅτι
ἔργοις πεπονθὼς ῥήμασίν σʼ ἀμύνομαι.
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Κρέων
οὔτοι καθέξω θυμόν, ἀλλʼ ἄξω βίᾳ
875
κεἰ μοῦνός εἰμι τόνδε καὶ χρόνῳ βραδύς.
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Οἰδίπους
ἰὼ τάλας.
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Χορός
ὅσον λῆμʼ ἔχων ἀφίκου, ξένʼ, εἰ τάδε δοκεῖς τελεῖν.
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Κρέων
δοκῶ.
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Χορός
τάνδʼ ἄρʼ οὐκέτι νεμῶ πόλιν.
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Κρέων
880
τοῖς τοι δικαίοις χὠ βραχὺς νικᾷ μέγαν.
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Οἰδίπους
ἀκούεθʼ οἷα φθέγγεται;
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Χορός
τά γʼ οὐ τελεῖ.
ἴστω μέγας Ζεύς.
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Κρέων
Ζεύς γʼ ἂν εἰδείη, σὺ δʼ οὔ.
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Χορός
ἆρʼ οὐχ ὕβρις τάδʼ;
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Κρέων
ὕβρις, ἀλλʼ ἀνεκτέα.
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Χορός
885
ἰὼ πᾶς λεώς, ἰὼ γᾶς πρόμοι,
μόλετε σὺν τάχει, μόλετʼ, ἐπεὶ πέραν περῶσʼ οἵδε δή.
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