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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τίνʼ εἰσδέδεγμαι πημονὴν ὑπόστεγον
λαθραῖον; ὦ δύστηνος· ἆρʼ ἀνώνυμος
πέφυκεν, ὥσπερ οὑπάγων διώμνυτο;
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Ἄγγελος
ἦ κάρτα λαμπρὰ καὶ κατʼ ὄνομα καὶ φύσιν,
380
πατρὸς μὲν οὖσα γένεσιν Εὐρύτου ποτὲ
Ἰόλη ʼκαλεῖτο, τῆς ἐκεῖνος οὐδαμὰ
βλάστας ἐφώνει, δῆθεν οὐδὲν ἱστορῶν.
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Χορός
ὄλοιντο—μή τι πάντες οἱ κακοί, τὰ δὲ
λαθραῖʼ ὃς ἀσκεῖ μὴ πρέποντʼ αὐτῷ κακά.
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Δηιάνειρα
385
τί χρὴ ποεῖν, γυναῖκες; ὡς ἐγὼ λόγοις
τοῖς νῦν παροῦσιν ἐκπεπληγμένη κυρῶ.
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Χορός
πεύθου μολοῦσα τἀνδρός, ὡς τάχʼ ἂν σαφῆ
λέξειεν, εἴ νιν πρὸς βίαν κρίνειν θέλοις.
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Δηιάνειρα
ἀλλʼ εἶμι· καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἀπὸ γνώμης λέγεις.
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Ἄγγελος
390
ἡμεῖς δὲ προσμένωμεν; ἢ τί χρὴ ποεῖν;
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Δηιάνειρα
μίμνʼ, ὡς ὅδʼ ἀνὴρ οὐκ ἐμῶν ὑπʼ ἀγγέλων,
ἀλλʼ αὐτόκλητος ἐκ δόμων πορεύεται.
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Λίχας
τί χρή, γύναι, μολόντα μʼ Ἡρακλεῖ λέγειν;
δίδαξον, ὡς ἕρποντος, ὡς ὁρᾷς, ἐμοῦ.
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Δηιάνειρα
395
ὡς ἐκ ταχείας σὺν χρόνῳ βραδεῖ μολὼν
ᾄσσεις, πρὶν ἡμᾶς κἀννεώσασθαι λόγους.
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Λίχας
ἀλλʼ εἴ τι χρῄζεις ἱστορεῖν, πάρειμʼ ἐγώ.
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Δηιάνειρα
ἦ καὶ τὸ πιστὸν τῆς ἀληθείας νέμεις;
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Λίχας
ἴστω μέγας Ζεύς, ὧν γʼ ἂν ἐξειδὼς κυρῶ.
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Δηιάνειρα
400
τίς ἡ γυνὴ δῆτʼ ἐστὶν ἣν ἥκεις ἄγων;
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Λίχας
Εὐβοιίς· ὧν δʼ ἔβλαστεν οὐκ ἔχω λέγειν.
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Ἄγγελος
οὗτος, βλέφʼ ὧδε· πρὸς τίνʼ ἐννέπειν δοκεῖς;
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Λίχας
σὺ δʼ εἰς τί δή με τοῦτʼ ἐρωτήσας ἔχεις;
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Ἄγγελος
τόλμησον εἰπεῖν, εἰ φρονεῖς, ὅ σʼ ἱστορῶ.
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Λίχας
405
πρὸς τὴν κρατοῦσαν Δῃάνειραν, Οἰνέως
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