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Φύλαξ
ἥδ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐκείνη τοὔργον ἡ 'ξειργασμένη:
385τήνδ᾽ εἵλομεν θάπτουσαν. ἀλλὰ ποῦ Κρέων; Χορός
ὅδ᾽ ἐκ δόμων ἄψορρος εἰς δέον περᾷ. Κρέων
τί δ᾽ ἔστι; ποίᾳ ξύμμετρος προὔβην τύχῃ; Φύλαξ
ἄναξ, βροτοῖσιν οὐδέν ἔστ᾽ ἀπώμοτον.
ψεύδει γὰρ ἡ 'πίνοια τὴν γνώμην: ἐπεὶ
390σχολῇ ποθ᾽ ἥξειν δεῦρ᾽ ἂν ἐξηύχουν ἐγὼ
ταῖς σαῖς ἀπειλαῖς αἷς ἐχειμάσθην τότε
ἀλλ᾽ ἡ γὰρ ἐκτὸς καὶ παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας χαρὰ
ἔοικεν ἄλλῃ μῆκος οὐδὲν ἡδονῇ,
ἥκω, δι᾽ ὅρκων καίπερ ὢν ἀπώμοτος,
395κόρην ἄγων τήνδ᾽, ἣ καθῃρέθη τάφον
κοσμοῦσα. κλῆρος ἐνθάδ᾽ οὐκ ἐπάλλετο,
ἀλλ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ἐμὸν θοὔρμαιον, οὐκ ἄλλου, τόδε.
καὶ νῦν, ἄναξ, τήνδ᾽ αὐτός, ὡς θέλεις, λαβὼν
καὶ κρῖνε κἀξέλεγχ᾽: ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐλεύθερος
400δίκαιός εἰμι τῶνδ᾽ ἀπηλλάχθαι κακῶν. Κρέων
ἄγεις δὲ τήνδε τῷ τρόπῳ πόθεν λαβών; Φύλαξ
αὕτη τὸν ἄνδρ᾽ ἔθαπτε: πάντ᾽ ἐπίστασαι. Κρέων
ἦ καὶ ξυνίης καὶ λέγεις ὀρθῶς ἃ φῄς; Φύλαξ
ταύτην γ᾽ ἰδὼν θάπτουσαν ὃν σὺ τὸν νεκρὸν
405ἀπεῖπας. ἆρ᾽ ἔνδηλα καὶ σαφῆ λέγω; Κρέων
καὶ πῶς ὁρᾶται κἀπίληπτος ᾑρέθη;
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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