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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ἀλλʼ αὐτὸν εἰκαθόντα συμπράσσειν, νόμον
κάλλιστον ἐξευρόντα, πειθαρχεῖν πατρί.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ, ὦ πάτερ, ταρβῶ μὲν εἰς λόγου στάσιν
1180
τοιάνδʼ ἐπελθών, πείσομαι δʼ ἅ σοι δοκεῖ.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἔμβαλλε χεῖρα δεξιὰν πρώτιστά μοι·
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ὡς πρὸς τί πίστιν τήνδʼ ἄγαν ἐπιστρέφεις;
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οὐ θᾶσσον οἴσεις μηδʼ ἀπιστήσεις ἐμοί;
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Ὕλλος
ἰδοὺ προτείνω, κοὐδὲν ἀντειρήσεται.
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Ἡρακλῆς
1185
ὄμνυ Διός νυν τοῦ με φύσαντος κάρα,
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ἦ μὴν τί δράσειν; καὶ τόδʼ ἐξειρήσεται;
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἦ μὴν ἐμοὶ τὸ λεχθὲν ἔργον ἐκτελεῖν.
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Ὕλλος
ὄμνυμʼ ἔγωγε, Ζῆνʼ ἔχων ἐπώμοτον.
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Ἡρακλῆς
εἰ δʼ ἐκτὸς ἔλθοις, πημονὰς εὔχου λαβεῖν.
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Ὕλλος
1190
οὐ μὴ λάβω· δράσω γάρ· εὔχομαι δʼ ὅμως·
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οἶσθʼ οὖν τὸν Οἴτης Ζηνὸς ὕψιστον πάγον;
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οἶδʼ, ὡς θυτήρ γε πολλὰ δὴ σταθεὶς ἄνω.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἐνταῦθά νυν χρὴ τοὐμὸν ἐξάραντά σε
σῶμʼ αὐτόχειρα καὶ ξὺν οἷς χρῄζεις φίλων.
1195
πολλὴν μὲν ὕλην τῆς βαθυρρίζου δρυὸς
κείραντα, πολλὸν δʼ ἄρσενʼ ἐκτεμόνθʼ ὁμοῦ
ἄγριον ἔλαιον, σῶμα τοὐμὸν ἐμβαλεῖν,
καὶ πευκίνης λαβόντα λαμπάδος σέλας
πρῆσαι. γόου δὲ μηδὲν εἰσίτω δάκρυ,
1200
ἀλλʼ ἀστένακτος κἀδάκρυτος, εἴπερ εἶ
τοῦδʼ ἀνδρός, ἔρξον· εἰ δὲ μή, μενῶ σʼ ἐγὼ
καὶ νέρθεν ὢν ἀραῖος εἰσαεὶ βαρύς.
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Ὕλλος
οἴμοι, πάτερ, τί δʼ εἶπας; οἷά μʼ εἴργασαι.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὁποῖα δραστέʼ ἐστίν· εἰ δὲ μή, πατρὸς
1205
ἄλλου γενοῦ του μηδʼ ἐμὸς κληθῇς ἔτι.
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Ὕλλος
οἴμοι μάλʼ αὖθις, οἷά μʼ ἐκκαλεῖ, πάτερ,
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