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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σεμνῶν ἕδραν λάβοιμι καὶ ξενόστασιν,
ἐνταῦθα κάμψειν τὸν ταλαίπωρον βίον,
κέρδη μὲν οἰκήσαντα τοῖς δεδεγμένοις,
ἄτην δὲ τοῖς πέμψασιν, οἵ μʼ ἀπήλασαν·
σημεῖα δʼ ἥξειν τῶνδέ μοι παρηγγύα,
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ἢ σεισμὸν ἢ βροντήν τινʼ ἢ Διὸς σέλας,
ἔγνωκα μέν νυν ὥς με τήνδε τὴν ὁδὸν
οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅπως οὐ πιστὸν ἐξ ὑμῶν πτερὸν
ἐξήγαγʼ εἰς τόδʼ ἄλσος· οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε
πρώταισιν ὑμῖν ἀντέκυρσʼ ὁδοιπορῶν,
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νήφων ἀοίνοις, κἀπὶ σεμνὸν ἑζόμην
βάθρον τόδʼ ἀσκέπαρνον. ἀλλά μοι, θεαί,
βίου κατʼ ὀμφὰς τὰς Ἀπόλλωνος δότε
πέρασιν ἤδη καὶ καταστροφήν τινα,
εἰ μὴ δοκῶ τι μειόνως ἔχειν, ἀεὶ
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μόχθοις λατρεύων τοῖς ὑπερτάτοις βροτῶν.
ἴτʼ, ὦ γλυκεῖαι παῖδες ἀρχαίου Σκότου,
ἴτʼ, ὦ μεγίστης Παλλάδος καλούμεναι
πασῶν Ἀθῆναι τιμιωτάτη πόλις,
οἰκτίρατʼ ἀνδρὸς Οἰδίπου τόδʼ ἄθλιον
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εἴδωλον· οὐ γὰρ δὴ τόδʼ ἀρχαῖον δέμας.
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Ἀντιγόνη
σίγα· πορεύονται γὰρ οἵδε δή τινες
χρόνῳ παλαιοί, σῆς ἕδρας ἐπίσκοποι.
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Οἰδίπους
σιγήσομαί τε καὶ σύ μʼ ἐξ ὁδοῦ πόδα
κρύψον κατʼ ἄλσος, τῶνδʼ ἕως ἂν ἐκμάθω
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τίνας λόγους ἐροῦσιν· ἐν γὰρ τῷ μαθεῖν
ἔνεστιν ηὑλάβεια τῶν ποιουμένων.
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Χορός
ὅρα. τίς ἄρʼ ἦν; ποῦ ναίει;
ποῦ κυρεῖ ἐκτόπιος συθεὶς ὁ πάντων
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ὁ πάντων ἀκορέστατος;
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