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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ἔνεστι, πείρᾳ δʼ οὐ προσωμίλησά πω·
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ εἰδέναι χρὴ δρῶσαν, ὡς οὐδʼ εἰ δοκεῖς
ἔχειν, ἔχοις ἂν γνῶμα, μὴ πειρωμένη.
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Δηιάνειρα
ἀλλʼ αὐτίκʼ εἰσόμεσθα, τόνδε γὰρ βλέπω
595
θυραῖον ἤδη· διὰ τάχους δʼ ἐλεύσεται.
μόνον παρʼ ὑμῶν εὖ στεγοίμεθʼ· ὡς σκότῳ
κἂν αἰσχρὰ πράσσῃς, οὔποτʼ αἰσχύνῃ πεσεῖ.
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Λίχας
τί χρὴ ποεῖν; σήμαινε, τέκνον Οἰνέως,
ὡς ἐσμὲν ἤδη τῷ μακρῷ χρόνῳ βραδεῖς.
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Δηιάνειρα
600
ἀλλʼ αὐτὰ δή σοι ταῦτα καὶ πράσσω, Λίχα,
ἕως σὺ ταῖς ἔσωθεν ἠγορῶ ξέναις,
ὅπως φέρῃς μοι τόνδε ταναϋφῆ πέπλον,
δώρημʼ ἐκείνῳ τἀνδρὶ τῆς ἐμῆς χερός.
διδοὺς δὲ τόνδε φράζʼ ὅπως μηδεὶς βροτῶν
605
κείνου πάροιθεν ἀμφιδύσεται χροΐ,
μηδʼ ὄψεταί νιν μήτε φέγγος ἡλίου
μήθʼ ἕρκος ἱερὸν μήτʼ ἐφέστιον σέλας,
πρὶν κεῖνος αὐτὸν φανερὸς ἐμφανῶς σταθεὶς
δείξῃ θεοῖσιν ἡμέρᾳ ταυροσφάγῳ.
610
οὕτω γὰρ ηὔγμην, εἴ ποτʼ αὐτὸν ἐς δόμους
ἴδοιμι σωθέντʼ ἢ κλύοιμι πανδίκως,
στελεῖν χιτῶνι τῷδε καὶ φανεῖν θεοῖς
θυτῆρα καινῷ καινὸν ἐν πεπλώματι.
καὶ τῶνδʼ ἀποίσεις σῆμʼ, ὃ κεῖνος εὐμαθὲς
615
σφραγῖδος ἕρκει τῷδʼ ἐπὸν μαθήσεται.
ἀλλʼ ἕρπε, καὶ φύλασσε πρῶτα μὲν νόμον,
τὸ μὴ ʼπιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν περισσὰ δρᾶν·
ἔπειθʼ ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις κείνου τέ σοι
κἀμοῦ ξυνελθοῦσʼ ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ.
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Λίχας
620
ἀλλʼ εἴπερ Ἑρμοῦ τήνδε πομπεύω τέχνην
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