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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φρουρὰν παρῆλθε, τόνδε μὴ λεύσσειν στόλον·
χαίρειν δὲ τὸν κήρυκα προυννέπω, χρόνῳ
πολλῷ φανέντα, χαρτὸν εἴ τι καὶ φέρεις.
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ἀλλʼ εὖ μὲν ἵγμεθʼ, εὖ δὲ προσφωνούμεθα,
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γύναι, κατʼ ἔργου κτῆσιν· ἄνδρα γὰρ καλῶς
πράσσοντʼ ἀνάγκη χρηστὰ κερδαίνειν ἔπη.
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ὦ φίλτατʼ ἀνδρῶν, πρῶθʼ ἃ πρῶτα βούλομαι
δίδαξον, εἰ ζῶνθʼ Ἡρακλῆ προσδέξομαι.
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ἔγωγέ τοι σφʼ ἔλειπον ἰσχύοντά τε
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καὶ ζῶντα καὶ θάλλοντα κοὐ νόσῳ βαρύν.
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ποῦ γῆς; πατρῴας εἴτε βαρβάρου; λέγε.
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ἀκτή τις ἔστʼ Εὐβοιίς, ἔνθʼ ὁρίζεται
βωμοὺς τέλη τʼ ἔγκαρπα Κηναίῳ Διί.
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εὐκταῖα φαίνων ἢ ἀπὸ μαντείας τινός;
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εὐχαῖς ὅθʼ ᾕρει τῶνδʼ ἀνάστατον δορὶ
χώραν γυναικῶν ὧν ὁρᾷς ἐν ὄμμασιν.
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αὗται δέ, πρὸς θεῶν, τοῦ ποτʼ εἰσὶ καὶ τίνες;
οἰκτραὶ γάρ, εἰ μὴ ξυμφοραὶ κλέπτουσί με.
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ταύτας ἐκεῖνος Εὐρύτου πέρσας πόλιν
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ἐξείλεθʼ αὑτῷ κτῆμα καὶ θεοῖς κριτόν.
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ἦ κἀπὶ ταύτῃ τῇ πόλει τὸν ἄσκοπον
χρόνον βεβὼς ἦν ἡμερῶν ἀνήριθμον;
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οὔκ, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν πλεῖστον ἐν Λυδοῖς χρόνον
κατείχεθʼ, ὥς φησʼ αὐτός, οὐκ ἐλεύθερος,
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ἀλλʼ ἐμποληθείς· τοῦ λόγου δʼ οὐ χρὴ φθόνον,
γύναι, προσεῖναι, Ζεὺς ὅτου πράκτωρ φανῇ.
κεῖνος δὲ πραθεὶς Ὀμφάλῃ τῇ βαρβάρῳ
ἐνιαυτὸν ἐξέπλησεν, ὡς αὐτὸς λέγει.
χοὔτως ἐδήχθη τοῦτο τοὔνειδος λαβὼν
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ὥσθʼ ὅρκον αὑτῷ προσβαλὼν διώμοσεν,
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