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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κρίνει παραστάς, οὐδʼ ἔχει βῆναι πρόσω·
τὸ γὰρ ποθοῦν ἕκαστος ἐκμαθεῖν θέλων
οὐκ ἂν μεθεῖτο, πρὶν καθʼ ἡδονὴν κλύειν.
οὕτως ἐκεῖνος οὐχ ἑκών, ἑκοῦσι δὲ
ξύνεστιν· ὄψει δʼ αὐτὸν αὐτίκʼ ἐμφανῆ.
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Δηιάνειρα
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ὦ Ζεῦ, τὸν Οἴτης ἄτομον ὃς λειμῶνʼ ἔχεις,
ἔδωκας ἡμῖν ἀλλὰ σὺν χρόνῳ χαράν.
φωνήσατʼ, ὦ γυναῖκες, αἵ τʼ εἴσω στέγης
αἵ τʼ ἐκτὸς αὐλῆς, ὡς ἄελπτον ὄμμʼ ἐμοὶ
φήμης ἀνασχὸν τῆσδε νῦν καρπούμεθα.
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Χορός
205
ἀνολολυξάτω δόμοις ἐφεστίοις
ἀλαλαγαῖς ἁ μελλόνυμφος, ἐν δὲ
κοινὸς ἀρσένων ἴτω
κλαγγὰ τὸν εὐφαρέτραν
Ἀπόλλω προστάταν· ὁμοῦ δὲ
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παιᾶνα παιᾶνʼ ἀνάγετʼ, ὦ παρθένοι,
βοᾶτε τὰν ὁμόσπορον
Ἄρτεμιν Ὀρτυγίαν
ἐλαφαβόλον ἀμφίπυρον,
γείτονάς τε Νύμφας.
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ἀείρομαι οὐδʼ ἀπώσομαι
τὸν αὐλόν, ὦ τύραννε τᾶς ἐμᾶς φρενός.
ἰδού μʼ ἀναταράσσει,
εὐοῖ μʼ,
ὁ κισσὸς ἄρτι βακχίαν
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ὑποστρέφων ἅμιλλαν. ἰὼ ἰὼ Παιάν.
ἴδʼ, ὦ φίλα γύναι,
τάδʼ ἀντίπρῳρα δή σοι
βλέπειν πάρεστʼ ἐναργῆ.
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ὁρῶ, φίλαι γυναῖκες, οὐδέ μʼ ὄμματος
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