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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ἔνσεισον, ὦναξ, ἐγκατάσκηψον βέλος,
πάτερ, κεραυνοῦ· δαίνυται γὰρ αὖ πάλιν,
ἤνθηκεν, ἐξωρμήκεν. ὦ χέρες χέρες,
1090
ὦ νῶτα καὶ στέρνʼ, ὦ φίλοι βραχίονες,
ὑμεῖς δὲ κεῖνοι δὴ καθέσταθʼ, οἵ ποτε
Νεμέας ἔνοικον, βουκόλων ἀλάστορα
λέοντʼ, ἄπλατον θρέμμα κἀπροσήγορον,
βίᾳ κατειργάσασθε, Λερναίαν θʼ ὕδραν,
1095
διφυῆ τʼ ἄμικτον ἱπποβάμονα στρατὸν
θηρῶν, ὑβριστὴν ἄνομον, ὑπέροχον βίαν,
Ἐρυμάνθιόν τε θῆρα, τόν θʼ ὑπὸ χθονὸς
Ἅιδου τρίκρανον σκύλακʼ, ἀπρόσμαχον τέρας,
δεινῆς Ἐχίδνης θρέμμα, τόν τε χρυσέων
1100
δράκοντα μήλων φύλακʼ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτοις τόποις.
ἄλλων τε μόχθων μυρίων ἐγευσάμην,
κοὐδεὶς τροπαῖʼ ἔστησε τῶν ἐμῶν χερῶν.
νῦν δʼ ὧδʼ ἄναρθρος καὶ κατερρακωμένος
τυφλῆς ὑπʼ ἄτης ἐκπεπόρθημαι τάλας,
1105
ὁ τῆς ἀρίστης μητρὸς ὠνομασμένος,
ὁ τοῦ κατʼ ἄστρα Ζηνὸς αὐδηθεὶς γόνος.
ἀλλʼ εὖ γέ τοι τόδʼ ἴστε, κἂν τὸ μηδὲν ὦ
κἂν μηδὲν ἕρπω, τήν γε δράσασαν τάδε
χειρώσομαι κἀκ τῶνδε· προσμόλοι μόνον,
1110
ἵνʼ ἐκδιδαχθῇ πᾶσιν ἀγγέλλειν ὅτι
καὶ ζῶν κακούς γε καὶ θανὼν ἐτισάμην.
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Χορός
ὦ τλῆμον Ἑλλάς, πένθος οἷον εἰσορῶ
ἕξουσαν, ἀνδρὸς τοῦδέ γʼ εἰ σφαλήσεται.
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Ὕλλος
ἐπεὶ παρέσχες ἀντιφωνῆσαι, πάτερ,
1115
σιγὴν παρασχὼν κλῦθί μου, νοσῶν ὅμως·
αἰτήσομαι γάρ σʼ ὧν δίκαια τυγχάνειν.
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