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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νῦν δʼ Ἄρης οἰστρηθεὶς
ἐξέλυσʼ ἐπίπονον ἁμέραν.
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Χορός
655
ἀφίκοιτʼ ἀφίκοιτο· μὴ σταίη
πολύκωπον ὄχημα ναὸς αὐτῷ,
πρὶν τάνδε πρὸς πόλιν ἀνύσειε,
νασιῶτιν ἑστίαν
ἀμείψας, ἔνθα κλῄζεται θυτήρ·
660
ὅθεν μόλοι πανίμερος,
τᾶς πειθοῦς παγχρίστῳ
συγκραθεὶς ἐπὶ προφάσει φάρους.
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Δηιάνειρα
γυναῖκες, ὡς δέδοικα μὴ περαιτέρω
πεπραγμένʼ ᾖ μοι πάνθʼ ὅσʼ ἀρτίως ἔδρων.
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Χορός
665
τί δʼ ἔστι, Δῃάνειρα, τέκνον Οἰνέως;
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Δηιάνειρα
οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἀθυμῶ δʼ, εἰ φανήσομαι τάχα
κακὸν μέγʼ ἐκπράξασʼ ἀπʼ ἐλπίδος καλῆς.
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Χορός
οὐ δή τι τῶν σῶν Ἡρακλεῖ δωρημάτων;
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Δηιάνειρα
μάλιστά γʼ, ὥστε μήποτʼ ἂν προθυμίαν
670
ἄδηλον ἔργου τῳ παραινέσαι λαβεῖν.
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Χορός
δίδαξον, εἰ διδακτόν, ἐξ ὅτου φοβεῖ.
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Δηιάνειρα
τοιοῦτον ἐκβέβηκεν οἷον, ἢν φράσω,
γυναῖκες, ὑμᾶς θαῦμʼ ἀνέλπιστον μαθεῖν.
ᾧ γὰρ τὸν ἐνδυτῆρα πέπλον ἀρτίως
675
ἔχριον, ἀργὴς οἰὸς εὐέρου πόκος,
τοῦτʼ ἠφάνισται διάβορον πρὸς οὐδενὸς
τῶν ἔνδον, ἀλλʼ ἐδεστὸν ἐξ αὑτοῦ φθίνει,
καὶ ψῇ κατʼ ἄκρας σπιλάδος· ὡς δʼ εἰδῇς ἅπαν,
ᾗ τοῦτʼ ἐπράχθη, μείζονʼ ἐκτενῶ λόγον.
680
ἐγὼ γὰρ ὧν ὁ θήρ με Κένταυρος, πονῶν
πλευρὰν πικρᾷ γλωχῖνι, προυδιδάξατο
παρῆκα θεσμῶν οὐδέν, ἀλλʼ ἐσῳζόμην
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