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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κόρην δάμαρτά θʼ Ἡρακλέους, εἰ μὴ κυρῶ
λεύσσων μάταια, δεσπότιν τε τὴν ἐμήν.
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τοῦτʼ αὔτʼ ἔχρῃζον, τοῦτό σου μαθεῖν· λέγεις δέσποιναν εἶναι τήνδε σήν;
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δίκαια γάρ.
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Ἄγγελος
410
τί δῆτα; ποίαν ἀξιοῖς δοῦναι δίκην,
ἢν εὑρεθῇς ἐς τήνδε μὴ δίκαιος ὤν;
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πῶς μὴ δίκαιος; τί ποτε ποικίλας ἔχεις;
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Ἄγγελος
οὐδέν· σὺ μέντοι κάρτα τοῦτο δρῶν κυρεῖς.
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ἄπειμι· μῶρος δʼ ἦ πάλαι κλύων σέθεν.
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Ἄγγελος
415
οὔ, πρίν γʼ ἂν εἴπῃς ἱστορούμενος βραχύ.
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λέγʼ, εἴ τι χρῄζεις· καὶ γὰρ οὐ σιγηλὸς εἶ.
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Ἄγγελος
τὴν αἰχμάλωτον, ἣν ἔπεμψας ἐς δόμους, κάτοισθα δήπου;
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φημί· πρὸς τί δʼ ἱστορεῖς;
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Ἄγγελος
οὔκουν σὺ ταύτην, ἣν ὑπʼ ἀγνοίας ὁρᾷς,
420
Ἰόλην ἔφασκες Εὐρύτου σπορὰν ἄγειν;
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ποίοις ἐν ἀνθρώποισι; τίς πόθεν μολὼν
σοὶ μαρτυρήσει ταῦτʼ ἐμοῦ κλύειν πάρα;
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Ἄγγελος
πολλοῖσιν ἀστῶν· ἐν μέσῃ Τραχινίων
ἀγορᾷ πολύς σου ταῦτά γʼ εἰσήκουσʼ ὄχλος.
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Λίχας
425
κλύειν γʼ ἔφασκον· ταὐτὸ δʼ οὐχὶ γίγνεται
δόκησιν εἰπεῖν κἀξακριβῶσαι λόγον.
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Ἄγγελος
ποίαν δόκησιν; οὐκ ἐπώμοτος λέγων
δάμαρτʼ ἔφασκες Ἡρακλεῖ ταύτην ἄγειν;
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ἐγὼ δάμαρτα; πρὸς θεῶν, φράσον, φίλη
430
δέσποινα, τόνδε τίς ποτʼ ἐστὶν ὁ ξένος.
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Ἄγγελος
ὃς σοῦ παρὼν ἤκουσεν, ὡς ταύτης πόθῳ
πόλις δαμείη πᾶσα, κοὐχ ἡ Λυδία
πέρσειεν αὐτήν, ἀλλʼ ὁ τῆσδʼ ἔρως φανείς.
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ἅνθρωπος, ὦ δέσποινʼ, ἀποστήτω· τὸ γὰρ
435
νοσοῦντι ληρεῖν ἀνδρὸς οὐχὶ σώφρονος.
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