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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φονέα γενέσθαι καὶ παλαμναῖον σέθεν.
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Ἡρακλῆς
οὐ δῆτʼ ἔγωγʼ, ἀλλʼ ὧν ἔχω παιώνιον
καὶ μοῦνον ἰατῆρα τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν.
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Ὕλλος
1210
καὶ πῶς ὑπαίθων σῶμʼ ἂν ἰῴμην τὸ σόν;
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἀλλʼ εἰ φοβεῖ πρὸς τοῦτο, τἄλλα γʼ ἔργασαι.
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Ὕλλος
φορᾶς γέ τοι φθόνησις οὐ γενήσεται.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἦ καὶ πυρᾶς πλήρωμα τῆς εἰρημένης;
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Ὕλλος
ὅσον γʼ ἂν αὐτὸς μὴ ποτιψαύων χεροῖν·
1215
τὰ δʼ ἄλλα πράξω κοὐ καμεῖ τοὐμὸν μέρος.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἀλλʼ ἀρκέσει καὶ ταῦτα· πρόσνειμαι δέ μοι
χάριν βραχεῖαν πρὸς μακροῖς ἄλλοις διδούς.
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Ὕλλος
εἰ καὶ μακρὰ κάρτʼ ἐστίν, ἐργασθήσεται.
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Ἡρακλῆς
τὴν Εὐρυτείαν οἶσθα δῆτα παρθένον;
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Ὕλλος
1220
Ἰόλην ἔλεξας, ὥς γʼ ἐπεικάζειν ἐμέ.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἔγνως. τοσοῦτον δή σʼ ἐπισκήπτω, τέκνον·
ταύτην ἐμοῦ θανόντος, εἴπερ εὐσεβεῖν
βούλει, πατρῴων ὁρκίων μεμνημένος,
προσθοῦ δάμαρτα, μηδʼ ἀπιστήσῃς πατρί·
1225
μηδʼ ἄλλος ἀνδρῶν τοῖς ἐμοῖς πλευροῖς ὁμοῦ
κλιθεῖσαν αὐτὴν ἀντὶ σοῦ λάβῃ ποτέ,
ἀλλʼ αὐτός, ὦ παῖ, τοῦτο κήδευσον λέχος.
πείθου· τὸ γάρ τοι μεγάλα πιστεύσαντʼ ἐμοὶ
σμικροῖς ἀπιστεῖν τὴν πάρος συγχεῖ χάριν.
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Ὕλλος
1230
οἴμοι· τὸ μὲν νοσοῦντι θυμοῦσθαι κακόν,
τὸ δʼ ὧδʼ ὁρᾶν φρονοῦντα τίς ποτʼ ἂν φέροι;
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὡς ἐργασείων οὐδὲν ὧν λέγω θροεῖς.
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Ὕλλος
τίς γάρ ποθʼ, ἥ μοι μητρὶ μὲν θανεῖν μόνη
μεταίτιος σοί τʼ αὖθις ὡς ἔχεις ἔχειν,
1235
τίς ταῦτʼ ἄν, ὅστις μὴ ʼξ ἀλαστόρων νοσοῖ,
ἕλοιτο; κρεῖσσον κἀμέ γʼ, ὦ πάτερ, θανεῖν
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