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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μὴ τῶν τυράννων; Εὐρύτου σπορά τις ἦν;
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Λίχας
οὐκ οἶδα· καὶ γὰρ οὐδʼ ἀνιστόρουν μακράν.
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Δηιάνειρα
οὐδʼ ὄνομα πρός του τῶν ξυνεμπόρων ἔχεις;
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Λίχας
ἥκιστα· σιγῇ τοὐμὸν ἔργον ἤνυτον.
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320
εἴπʼ, ὦ τάλαινʼ, ἀλλʼ ἡμὶν ἐκ σαυτῆς, ἐπεὶ
καὶ ξυμφορά τοι μὴ εἰδέναι σέ γʼ ἥτις εἶ.
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Λίχας
οὔ τἄρα τῷ γε πρόσθεν οὐδὲν ἐξ ἴσου
χρόνῳ διήσει γλῶσσαν, ἥτις οὐδαμὰ
προύφηνεν οὔτε μείζονʼ οὔτʼ ἐλάσσονα,
325
ἀλλʼ αἰὲν ὠδίνουσα συμφορᾶς βάρος
δακρυρροεῖ δύστηνος, ἐξ ὅτου πάτραν
διήνεμον λέλοιπεν· ἡ δέ τοι τύχη
κακὴ μὲν αὐτῇ γʼ, ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην ἔχει.
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ἡ δʼ οὖν ἐάσθω, καὶ πορευέσθω στέγας
330
οὕτως ὅπως ἥδιστα, μηδὲ πρὸς κακοῖς
τοῖς οὖσιν ἄλλην πρός γʼ ἐμοῦ λύπην λάβῃ·
ἅλις γὰρ ἡ παροῦσα. πρὸς δὲ δώματα
χωρῶμεν ἤδη πάντες, ὡς σύ θʼ οἷ θέλεις
σπεύδῃς, ἐγώ τε τἄνδον ἐξαρκῆ τιθῶ.
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Ἄγγελος
335
αὐτοῦ γε πρῶτον βαιὸν ἀμμείνασʼ, ὅπως
μάθῃς ἄνευ τῶνδʼ, οὕστινάς τʼ ἄγεις ἔσω,
ὧν τʼ οὐδὲν εἰσήκουσας ἐκμάθῃς ἃ δεῖ·
τούτων ἔχω γὰρ πάντʼ ἐπιστήμην ἐγώ.
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Δηιάνειρα
τί δʼ ἐστί; τοῦ με τήνδʼ ἐφίστασαι βάσιν;
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Ἄγγελος
340
σταθεῖσʼ ἄκουσον· καὶ γὰρ οὐδὲ τὸν πάρος
μῦθον μάτην ἤκουσας, οὐδὲ νῦν δοκῶ.
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Δηιάνειρα
πότερον ἐκείνους δῆτα δεῦρʼ αὖθις πάλιν
καλῶμεν, ἢ ʼμοὶ ταῖσδέ τʼ ἐξειπεῖν θέλεις;
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Ἄγγελος
σοὶ ταῖσδέ τʼ οὐδὲν εἴργεται, τούτους δʼ ἔα.
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Δηιάνειρα
345
καὶ δὴ βεβᾶσι, χὠ λόγος σημαινέτω.
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