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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βέβαιον, οὔ τι μὴ σφαλῶ γʼ ἐν σοί ποτε,
τὸ μὴ οὐ τόδʼ ἄγγος ὡς ἔχει δεῖξαι φέρων,
λόγων τε πίστιν ὧν λέγεις ἐφαρμόσαι.
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Δηιάνειρα
στείχοις ἂν ἤδη· καὶ γὰρ ἐξεπίστασαι
625
τά γʼ ἐν δόμοισιν ὡς ἔχοντα τυγχάνει.
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Λίχας
ἐπίσταμαί τε καὶ φράσω σεσωσμένα.
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Δηιάνειρα
ἀλλʼ οἶσθα μὲν δὴ καὶ τὰ τῆς ξένης ὁρῶν
προσδέγματʼ, αὐτὴν ὡς ἐδεξάμην φίλως.
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Λίχας
ὥστʼ ἐκπλαγῆναι τοὐμὸν ἡδονῇ κέαρ.
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Δηιάνειρα
630
τί δῆτʼ ἂν ἄλλο γʼ ἐννέποις; δέδοικα γὰρ
μὴ πρῲ λέγοις ἂν τὸν πόθον τὸν ἐξ ἐμοῦ,
πρὶν εἰδέναι τἀκεῖθεν εἰ ποθούμεθα.
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Χορός
ὦ ναύλοχα καὶ πετραῖα
θερμὰ λουτρὰ καὶ πάγους
635
Οἴτας παραναιετάοντες, οἵ τε μέσσαν Μηλίδα πὰρ λίμναν
χρυσαλακάτου τʼ ἀκτὰν κόρας,
ἔνθʼ Ἑλλάνων ἀγοραὶ
Πυλάτιδες κλέονται·
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Χορός
640
ὁ καλλιβόας τάχʼ ὑμῖν
αὐλὸς οὐκ ἀναρσίαν
ἀχῶν καναχὰν ἐπάνεισιν, ἀλλὰ θείας ἀντίλυρον μούσας.
ὁ γὰρ Διὸς Ἀλκμήνας κόρος
645
σοῦται πάσας ἀρετᾶς
λάφυρʼ ἔχων ἐπʼ οἴκους·
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Χορός
ὃν ἀπόπτολιν εἴχομεν παντᾷ,
δυοκαιδεκάμηνον ἀμμένουσαι
χρόνον, πελάγιον, ἴδριες οὐδέν·
650
ἁ δέ οἱ φίλα δάμαρ
τάλαιναν δυστάλαινα καρδίαν
πάγκλαυτος αἰὲν ὤλλυτο·
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