# Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ 12.2

Sophocles, Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, Choral 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sophocles/text-4/12.2

ἔα ἔα, ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖθις ἀμφίσταται διαπρύσιος ὄτοβος.
ἵλαος, ὦ δαίμων, ἵλαος εἴ τι γᾷ
ματέρι τυγχάνεις ἀφεγγὲς φέρων.
ἐναισίου δὲ σοῦ τύχοιμι, μηδʼ ἄλαστον ἄνδρʼ ἰδὼν
ἀκερδῆ χάριν μετάσχοιμί πως. Ζεῦ ἄνα σοὶ φωνῶ.
ἆρʼ ἐγγὺς ἁνήρ; ἆρʼ ἔτʼ ἐμψύχου, τέκνα,
κιχήσεταί μου καὶ κατορθοῦντος φρένα;
τί δʼ ἂν θέλοις τὸ πιστὸν ἐμφῦναι φρενί;
ἀνθʼ ὧν ἔπασχον εὖ, τελεσφόρον χάριν
δοῦναί σφιν, ἥνπερ τυγχάνων ὑπεσχόμην.

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Sophocles, Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολωνῷ, ed. Francis Storr. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0011.tlg007.local001/.