Κρέων
ἐγὼ οὔτ᾽ ἄνανδρον τήνδε τὴν πόλιν νέμων,
940ὦ τέκνον Αἰγέως, οὔτ᾽ ἄβουλον, ὡς σὺ φῄς,
τοὔργον τόδ᾽ ἐξέπραξα, γιγνώσκων δ᾽ ὅτι
οὐδείς ποτ᾽ αὐτοὺς τῶν ἐμῶν ἂν ἐμπέσοι
ζῆλος ξυναίμων, ὥστ᾽ ἐμοῦ τρέφειν βίᾳ.
ᾔδη δ᾽ ὁθούνεκ᾽ ἄνδρα καὶ πατροκτόνον
945κἄναγνον οὐ δεξοίατ᾽, οὐδ᾽ ὅτῳ γάμοι
ξυνόντες ηὑρέθησαν ἀνόσιοι τέκνων.
τοιοῦτον αὐτοῖς Ἄρεος εὔβουλον πάγον
ἐγὼ ξυνῄδη χθόνιον ὄνθ᾽, ὃς οὐκ ἐᾷ
τοιούσδ᾽ ἀλήτας τῇδ᾽ ὁμοῦ ναίειν πόλει:
950ᾧ πίστιν ἴσχων τήνδ᾽ ἐχειρούμην ἄγραν.
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἂν οὐκ ἔπρασσον, εἰ μή μοι πικρὰς
αὐτῷ τ᾽ ἀρὰς ἠρᾶτο καὶ τὠμῷ γένει:
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν πεπονθὼς ἠξίουν τάδ᾽ ἀντιδρᾶν.
θυμοῦ γὰρ οὐδὲν γῆράς ἐστιν ἄλλο πλὴν
955θανεῖν: θανόντων δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἄλγος ἅπτεται.
πρὸς ταῦτα πράξεις οἷον ἂν θέλῃς: ἐπεὶ
ἐρημία με, κεἰ δίκαι᾽, ὅμως λέγω,
σμικρὸν τίθησι: πρὸς δὲ τὰς πράξεις ὅμως,
καὶ τηλικόσδ᾽ ὤν, ἀντιδρᾶν πειράσομαι.
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Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 1: Oedipus the king. Oedipus at Colonus. Antigone. With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 20. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1912.
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