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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δός μοι σεαυτόν, μὴ τοσοῦτον ὡς δάκνει
θυμῷ δύσοργος· οὐ γὰρ ἂν γνοίης ἐν οἷς
χαίρειν προθυμεῖ κἀν ὅτοις ἀλγεῖς μάτην.
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Ἡρακλῆς
1120
εἰπὼν ὃ χρῄζεις λῆξον· ὡς ἐγὼ νοσῶν
οὐδὲν ξυνίημʼ ὧν σὺ ποικίλλεις πάλαι.
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Ὕλλος
τῆς μητρὸς ἥκω τῆς ἐμῆς φράσων ἐν οἷς
νῦν ἐστιν ὥς θʼ ἥμαρτεν οὐχ ἑκουσία.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ παγκάκιστε, καὶ παρεμνήσω γὰρ αὖ
1125
τῆς πατροφόντου μητρός, ὡς κλύειν ἐμέ;
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Ὕλλος
ἔχει γὰρ οὕτως ὥστε μὴ σιγᾶν πρέπειν.
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Ἡρακλῆς
οὐ δῆτα τοῖς γε πρόσθεν ἡμαρτημένοις.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ τοῖς γʼ ἐφʼ ἡμέραν ἐρεῖς.
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Ἡρακλῆς
λέγʼ, εὐλαβοῦ δὲ μὴ φανῇς κακὸς γεγώς.
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Ὕλλος
1130
λέγω· τέθνηκεν ἀρτίως νεοσφαγής.
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Ἡρακλῆς
πρὸς τοῦ; τέρας τοι διὰ κακῶν ἐθέσπισας.
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Ὕλλος
αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτῆς, οὐδενὸς πρὸς ἐκτόπου.
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οἴμοι· πρὶν ὡς χρῆν σφʼ ἐξ ἐμῆς θανεῖν χερός;
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Ὕλλος
κἂν σοῦ στραφείη θυμός, εἰ τὸ πᾶν μάθοις.
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Ἡρακλῆς
1135
δεινοῦ λόγου κατῆρξας· εἰπὲ δʼ ᾗ νοεῖς.
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Ὕλλος
ἅπαν τὸ χρῆμʼ, ἥμαρτε χρηστὰ μωμένη.
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Ἡρακλῆς
χρήστʼ, ὦ κάκιστε, πατέρα σὸν κτείνασα δρᾷ;
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Ὕλλος
στέργημα γὰρ δοκοῦσα προσβαλεῖν σέθεν
ἀπήμπλαχʼ, ὡς προσεῖδε τοὺς ἔνδον γάμους.
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Ἡρακλῆς
1140
καὶ τίς τοσοῦτος φαρμακεὺς Τραχινίων;
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Ὕλλος
Νέσσος πάλαι Κένταυρος ἐξέπεισέ νιν
τοιῷδε φίλτρῳ τὸν σὸν ἐκμῆναι πόθον.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἰοὺ ἰοὺ δύστηνος, οἴχομαι τάλας·
ὄλωλʼ ὄλωλα, φέγγος οὐκέτʼ ἔστι μοι.
1145
οἴμοι, φρονῶ δὴ ξυμφορᾶς ἵνʼ ἕσταμεν.
ἴθʼ, ὦ τέκνον, πατὴρ γὰρ οὐκέτʼ ἔστι σοι·
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