Trachiniae, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 2; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator; London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1913.
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ἢ κατʼ ἐμὰν ῥώμαν· σὺ δὲ σύλλαβε. σοὶ γὰρ ἑτοίμα
ἐς πλέον ἢ διʼ ἐμοῦ σῴζειν.
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Ὕλλος
1020
ψαύω μὲν ἔγωγε,
λαθίπονον δʼ ὀδυνᾶν οὔτʼ ἔνδοθεν οὔτε θύραθεν
ἔστι μοι ἐξανύσαι βίοτον· τοιαῦτα νέμει Ζεύς.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ παῖ, ποῦ ποτʼ εἶ; τᾷδέ με τᾷδέ με
1025
πρόσλαβε κουφίσας. ἒ ἔ, ἰὼ δαῖμον.
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Ἡρακλῆς
θρῴσκει δʼ αὖ, θρῴσκει δειλαία
διολοῦσʼ ἡμᾶς
1030
ἀποτίβατος ἀγρία νόσος.
ὦ Παλλὰς Παλλάς, τόδε μʼ αὖ λωβᾶται. ἰὼ παῖ,
τὸν φύτορʼ οἰκτίρας, ἀνεπίφθονον εἴρυσον ἔγχος,
1035
παῖσον ἐμᾶς ὑπὸ κλῇδος· ἀκοῦ δʼ ἄχος, ᾧ μʼ ἐχόλωσεν
σὰ μάτηρ ἄθεος, τὰν ὧδʼ ἐπίδοιμι πεσοῦσαν
1040
αὔτως, ὧδʼ αὔτως ὥς μʼ ὤλεσεν. ὦ γλυκὺς Ἅιδας,
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ Διὸς αὐθαίμων, εὔνασον εὔνασον μʼ
ὠκυπέτᾳ μόρῳ τὸν μέλεον φθίσας.
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Χορός
κλύουσʼ ἔφριξα τάσδε συμφοράς, φίλαι,
1045
ἄνακτος, οἵαις οἷος ὢν ἐλαύνεται.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ πολλὰ δὴ καὶ θερμὰ κοὐ λόγῳ κακὰ
καὶ χερσὶ καὶ νώτοισι μοχθήσας ἐγώ·
κοὔπω τοιοῦτον οὔτʼ ἄκοιτις ἡ Διὸς
προύθηκεν οὔθʼ ὁ στυγνὸς Εὐρυσθεὺς ἐμοί,
1050
οἷον τόδʼ ἡ δολῶπις Οἰνέως κόρη
καθῆψεν ὤμοις τοῖς ἐμοῖς Ἐρινύων
ὑφαντὸν ἀμφίβληστρον, ᾧ διόλλυμαι.
πλευραῖσι γὰρ προσμαχθὲν ἐκ μὲν ἐσχάτας
βέβρωκε σάρκας, πλεύμονός τʼ ἀρτηρίας
1055
ῥοφεῖ ξυνοικοῦν, ἐκ δὲ χλωρὸν αἷμά μου
πέπωκεν ἤδη, καὶ διέφθαρμαι δέμας
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