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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κώπαις ἐρέσσων οὔτε λαίφεσιν νεώς.
ὃς κἀμέ, τὸν πατρῷον ἡνίκα στόλον
ξὺν Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πρῶτον εὖνις ἑσπόμην,
φέρων ἐπʼ ὤμοις, ἡνίκʼ ἦ μέσῳ πόρῳ,
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ψαύει ματαίαις χερσίν· ἐκ δʼ ἤυσʼ ἐγώ,
χὠ Ζηνὸς εὐθὺς παῖς ἐπιστρέψας χεροῖν
ἧκεν κομήτην ἰόν· ἐς δὲ πλεύμονας
στέρνων διερροίζησεν. ἐκθνῄσκων δʼ ὁ θὴρ
τοσοῦτον εἶπε· παῖ γέροντος Οἰνέως,
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τοσόνδʼ ὀνήσει τῶν ἐμῶν, ἐὰν πίθῃ,
πορθμῶν, ὁθούνεχʼ ὑστάτην σʼ ἔπεμψʼ ἐγώ·
ἐὰν γὰρ ἀμφίθρεπτον αἷμα τῶν ἐμῶν
σφαγῶν ἐνέγκῃ χερσίν, ᾗ μελαγχόλους
ἔβαψεν ἰοὺς θρέμμα Λερναίας ὕδρας,
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ἔσται φρενός σοι τοῦτο κηλητήριον
τῆς Ἡρακλείας, ὥστε μήτινʼ εἰσιδὼν
στέρξει γυναῖκα κεῖνος ἀντὶ σοῦ πλέον.
τοῦτʼ ἐννοήσασʼ, ὦ φίλαι, δόμοις γὰρ ἦν
κείνου θανόντος ἐγκεκλῃμένον καλῶς,
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χιτῶνα τόνδʼ ἔβαψα, προσβαλοῦσʼ ὅσα
ζῶν κεῖνος εἶπε· καὶ πεπείρανται τάδε.
κακὰς δὲ τόλμας μήτʼ ἐπισταίμην ἐγὼ
μήτʼ ἐκμάθοιμι, τάς τε τολμώσας στυγῶ·
φίλτροις δʼ ἐάν πως τήνδʼ ὑπερβαλώμεθα
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τὴν παῖδα καὶ θέλκτροισι τοῖς ἐφʼ Ἡρακλεῖ,
μεμηχάνηται τοὔργον, εἴ τι μὴ δοκῶ
πράσσειν μάταιον· εἰ δὲ μή, πεπαύσομαι.
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ἐστὶ πίστις ἐν τοῖς δρωμένοις,
δοκεῖς παρʼ ἡμῖν οὐ βεβουλεῦσθαι κακῶς.
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Δηιάνειρα
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οὕτως ἔχει γʼ ἡ πίστις, ὡς τὸ μὲν δοκεῖν
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