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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ὦ τέκνον, ὦ παῖ, κἀξ ἀγεννήτων ἄρα
μῦθοι καλῶς πίπτουσιν· ἥδε γὰρ γυνὴ
δούλη μέν, εἴρηκεν δʼ ἐλεύθερον λόγον.
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Ὕλλος
ποῖον; δίδαξον, μῆτερ, εἰ διδακτά μοι.
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Δηιάνειρα
65
σὲ πατρὸς οὕτω δαρὸν ἐξενωμένου
τὸ μὴ πυθέσθαι ποῦ ʼστιν, αἰσχύνην φέρειν.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ οἶδα, μύθοις εἴ τι πιστεύειν χρεών.
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Δηιάνειρα
καὶ ποῦ κλύεις νιν, τέκνον, ἱδρῦσθαι χθονός;
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Ὕλλος
τὸν μὲν παρελθόντʼ ἄροτον ἐν μήκει χρόνου
70
Λυδῇ γυναικί φασί νιν λάτριν πονεῖν.
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Δηιάνειρα
πᾶν τοίνυν, εἰ καὶ τοῦτʼ ἔτλη, κλύοι τις ἄν.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ ἐξαφεῖται τοῦδέ γʼ, ὡς ἐγὼ κλύω.
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Δηιάνειρα
ποῦ δῆτα νῦν ζῶν ἢ θανὼν ἀγγέλλεται;
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Ὕλλος
Εὐβοΐδα χώραν φασίν, Εὐρύτου πόλιν,
75
ἐπιστρατεύειν αὐτὸν ἢ μέλλειν ἔτι.
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Δηιάνειρα
ἆρʼ οἶσθα δῆτʼ, ὦ τέκνον, ὡς ἔλειπέ μοι
μαντεῖα πιστὰ τῆσδε τῆς χώρας πέρι;
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Ὕλλος
τὰ ποῖα, μῆτερ; τὸν λόγον γὰρ ἀγνοῶ.
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Δηιάνειρα
ὡς ἢ τελευτὴν τοῦ βίου μέλλει τελεῖν
80
ἢ τοῦτον ἄρας ἆθλον εἰς τό γʼ ὕστερον
τὸν λοιπὸν ἤδη βίοτον εὐαίωνʼ ἔχειν.
ἐν οὖν ῥοπῇ, τοιᾷδε κειμένῳ, τέκνον,
οὐκ εἶ ξυνέρξων, ἡνίκʼ ἢ σεσώσμεθα
ἢ πίπτομεν σοῦ πατρὸς ἐξολωλότος
85
κείνου βίον σώσαντος, ἢ οἰχόμεσθʼ ἅμα;
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ εἶμι, μῆτερ· εἰ δὲ θεσφάτων ἐγὼ
βάξιν κατῄδη τῶνδε, κἂν πάλαι παρῆ·
νῦν δʼ ὁ ξυνήθης πότμος οὐκ εἴα πατρὸς
ἡμᾶς προταρβεῖν οὐδὲ δειμαίνειν ἄγαν.
90
νῦν δʼ ὡς ξυνίημʼ, οὐδὲν ἐλλείψω τὸ μὴ οὐ
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