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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ἐφεῖτʼ, ἐγὼ δὲ πιστὸς ὢν κείνῳ τελῶ.
αὐτὸν δʼ ἐκεῖνον, εὖτʼ ἂν ἁγνὰ θύματα
ῥέξῃ πατρῴῳ Ζηνὶ τῆς ἁλώσεως,
φρόνει νιν ὡς ἥξοντα· τοῦτο γὰρ λόγου
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πολλοῦ καλῶς λεχθέντος ἥδιστον κλύειν.
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Χορός
ἄνασσα, νῦν σοι τέρψις ἐμφανὴς κυρεῖ,
τῶν μὲν παρόντων, τὰ δὲ πεπυσμένῃ λόγῳ.
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Δηιάνειρα
πῶς δʼ οὐκ ἐγὼ χαίροιμʼ ἄν, ἀνδρὸς εὐτυχῆ
κλύουσα πρᾶξιν τήνδε, πανδίκῳ φρενί;
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πολλή ʼστʼ ἀνάγκη τῇδε τοῦτο συντρέχειν.
ὅμως δʼ ἔνεστι τοῖσιν εὖ σκοπουμένοις
ταρβεῖν τὸν εὖ πράσσοντα, μὴ σφαλῇ ποτε.
ἐμοὶ γὰρ οἶκτος δεινὸς εἰσέβη, φίλαι,
ταύτας ὁρώσῃ δυσπότμους ἐπὶ ξένης
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χώρας ἀοίκους ἀπάτοράς τʼ ἀλωμένας,
αἳ πρὶν μὲν ἦσαν ἐξ ἐλευθέρων ἴσως
ἀνδρῶν, τανῦν δὲ δοῦλον ἴσχουσιν βίον.
ὦ Ζεῦ τροπαῖε, μή ποτʼ εἰσίδοιμί σε
πρὸς τοὐμὸν οὕτω σπέρμα χωρήσαντά ποι,
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μηδʼ, εἴ τι δράσεις, τῆσδέ γε ζώσης ἔτι.
οὕτως ἐγὼ δέδοικα τάσδʼ ὁρωμένη.
ὦ δυστάλαινα, τίς ποτʼ εἶ νεανίδων;
ἄνανδρος ἢ τεκνοῦσσα; πρὸς μὲν γὰρ φύσιν
πάντων ἄπειρος τῶνδε, γενναία δέ τις.
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Λίχα, τίνος ποτʼ ἐστὶν ἡ ξένη βροτῶν;
τίς ἡ τεκοῦσα, τίς δʼ ὁ φιτύσας πατήρ;
ἔξειπʼ· ἐπεί νιν τῶνδε πλεῖστον ᾤκτισα
βλέπουσʼ, ὅσῳπερ καὶ φρονεῖν οἶδεν μόνη.
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Λίχας
τί δʼ οἶδʼ ἐγώ, τί δʼ ἄν με καὶ κρίνοις; ἴσως
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γέννημα τῶν ἐκεῖθεν οὐκ ἐν ὑστάτοις.
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