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Chorus
These, then, are at once your daughters, and— Oedipus
[535] —Sisters, indeed, of their father. Chorus
Oh! Oedipus
Indeed, woes untold sweep back upon my soul! Chorus
You have suffered— Oedipus
I have suffered woes grievous to bear. Chorus
You have performed— Oedipus
I have not performed! Chorus
How? Oedipus
[540] A gift was given to me—O, wretched that I am, if only I had never won from the city that gift for my services!
Sophocles. The Oedipus at Colonus of Sophocles. Edited with introduction and notes by Sir Richard Jebb. Sir Richard Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1889.
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