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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χώρας ἀπείη κἀνιαύσιον βεβώς,
τότʼ ἢ θανεῖν χρείη σφε τῷδε τῷ χρόνῳ
ἢ τοῦθʼ ὑπεκδραμόντα τοῦ χρόνου τέλος
τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη ζῆν ἀλυπήτῳ βίῳ.
τοιαῦτʼ ἔφραζε πρὸς θεῶν εἱμαρμένα
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τῶν Ἡρακλείων ἐκτελευτᾶσθαι πόνων,
ὡς τὴν παλαιὰν φηγὸν αὐδῆσαί ποτε
Δωδῶνι δισσῶν ἐκ Πελειάδων ἔφη.
καὶ τῶνδε ναμέρτεια συμβαίνει χρόνου
τοῦ νῦν παρόντος, ὡς τελεσθῆναι χρεών·
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ὥσθʼ ἡδέως εὕδουσαν ἐκπηδᾶν ἐμὲ
φόβῳ, φίλαι, ταρβοῦσαν, εἴ με χρὴ μένειν
πάντων ἀρίστου φωτὸς ἐστερημένην.
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Χορός
εὐφημίαν νῦν ἴσχʼ· ἐπεὶ καταστεφῆ
στείχονθʼ ὁρῶ τινʼ ἄνδρα πρὸς χαρὰν λόγων.
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Ἄγγελος
180
δέσποινα Δῃάνειρα, πρῶτος ἀγγέλων
ὄκνου σε λύσω· τὸν γὰρ Ἀλκμήνης τόκον
καὶ ζῶντʼ ἐπίστω καὶ κρατοῦντα κἀκ μάχης
ἄγοντʼ ἀπαρχὰς θεοῖσι τοῖς ἐγχωρίοις.
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Δηιάνειρα
τίνʼ εἶπας, ὦ γεραιέ, τόνδε μοι λόγον;
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Ἄγγελος
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τάχʼ ἐς δόμους σοὺς τὸν πολύζηλον πόσιν
ἥξειν φανέντα σὺν κράτει νικηφόρῳ.
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Δηιάνειρα
καὶ τοῦ τόδʼ ἀστῶν ἢ ξένων μαθὼν λέγεις;
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Ἄγγελος
ἐν βουθερεῖ λειμῶνι πρὸς πολλοὺς θροεῖ
Λίχας ὁ κῆρυξ ταῦτα· τοῦδʼ ἐγὼ κλύων
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ἀπῇξʼ, ὅπως τοι πρῶτος ἀγγείλας τάδε
πρὸς σοῦ τι κερδάναιμι καὶ κτῴμην χάριν.
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Δηιάνειρα
αὐτὸς δὲ πῶς ἄπεστιν, εἴπερ εὐτυχεῖ;
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Ἄγγελος
οὐκ εὐμαρείᾳ χρώμενος πολλῇ, γύναι.
κύκλῳ γὰρ αὐτὸν Μηλιεὺς ἅπας λεὼς
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