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Oedipus at Colonus (181c-220)

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Come, follow this way with your dark steps, father, as I lead you.
Oedipus
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Chorus
Stranger in a foreign land,
poor man, have the courage to detest what the city steadfastly holds as not dear, and to reverence what it holds dear!
Oedipus
Lead me, then, child, to a spot where I may speak and listen within piety’s domain,
and let us not wage war with necessity.
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Chorus
There! Do not incline your steps beyond that ledge of bedrock.
Oedipus
This far?
Chorus
Enough, I say
Oedipus
Shall I sit down?
Chorus
Yes, move sideways, and crouch low on the edge of the rock.
Antigone
Father, this is my task: calmly to—
Oedipus
Ah me! ah me!
Antigone
—fit step to step, and lean your aged frame upon my dear arm.
Oedipus
Alas for my sad destruction!
Antigone seats him on the rock.
Chorus
Ah, poor man, since now you are at ease, speak! What is your lineage among mortals? With what name are you led on your weary path?
What fatherland can you tell us of?
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Oedipus
Strangers, I am without a city, but do not—
Chorus
What is this that you forbid, old man?
Oedipus
do not, do not ask me who I am! Do not seek or probe further!
Chorus
What does this mean?
Oedipus
Horrid the birth—
Chorus
Speak!
Oedipus
My child—ah, me!—what shall I say?
Chorus
What is your lineage, stranger? Speak! And who is your father?
Oedipus
Woe is me! What will become of me, my child?
Antigone
Speak, for you are driven to the verge.
Oedipus
Then speak I will. I have no way to hide it.
Chorus
You two make a long delay. Come, hasten!
Oedipus
Do you know of a son of Laius?

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