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 τοῖσιν ἐχθίστοισι συνναίειν ὁμοῦ.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἁνὴρ ὅδʼ, ὡς ἔοικεν, οὐ νεμεῖν ἐμοὶ
φθίνοντι μοῖραν· ἀλλά τοι θεῶν ἀρὰ
1240
μενεῖ σʼ ἀπιστήσαντα τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις.
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Ὕλλος
ὤμοι, τάχʼ, ὡς ἔοικας, ὡς νοσεῖς φράσεις.
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Ἡρακλῆς
σὺ γάρ μʼ ἀπʼ εὐνασθέντος ἐκκινεῖς κακοῦ.
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Ὕλλος
δείλαιος, ὡς ἐς πολλὰ τἀπορεῖν ἔχω.
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Ἡρακλῆς
οὐ γὰρ δικαιοῖς τοῦ φυτεύσαντος κλύειν.
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Ὕλλος
1245
ἀλλʼ ἐκδιδαχθῶ δῆτα δυσσεβεῖν, πάτερ;
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Ἡρακλῆς
οὐ δυσσέβεια, τοὐμὸν εἰ τέρψεις κέαρ.
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Ὕλλος
πράσσειν ἄνωγας οὖν με πανδίκως τάδε;
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἔγωγε· τούτων μάρτυρας καλῶ θεούς.
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Ὕλλος
τοιγὰρ ποήσω κοὐκ ἀπώσομαι, τὸ σὸν
1250
θεοῖσι δεικνὺς ἔργον· οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε
κακὸς φανείην σοί γε πιστεύσας, πάτερ.
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Ἡρακλῆς
καλῶς τελευτᾷς, κἀπὶ τοῖσδε τὴν χάριν
ταχεῖαν, ὦ παῖ, πρόσθες, ὡς πρὶν ἐμπεσεῖν
σπαραγμὸν ἤ τινʼ οἶστρον, ἐς πυράν με θῇς.
1255
ἄγʼ ἐγκονεῖτʼ, αἴρεσθε· παῦλά τοι κακῶν
αὕτη, τελευτὴ τοῦδε τἀνδρὸς ὑστάτη.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν εἴργει σοὶ τελειοῦσθαι τάδε,
ἐπεὶ κελεύεις κἀξαναγκάζεις, πάτερ.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἄγε νυν, πρὶν τήνδʼ ἀνακινῆσαι
1260
νόσον, ὦ ψυχὴ σκληρά, χάλυβος
λιθοκόλλητον στόμιον παρέχουσʼ,
ἀνάπαυε βοήν, ὡς ἐπίχαρτον
τελέουσʼ ἀεκούσιον ἔργον.
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Ὕλλος
αἴρετʼ, ὀπαδοί, μεγάλην μὲν ἐμοὶ
1265
τούτων θέμενοι συγγνωμοσύνην,
μεγάλην δὲ θεῶν ἀγνωμοσύνην
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