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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γνώμης, ἐγὼ δύστηνος ἐξαποφθερῶ·
τὸν γὰρ βαλόντʼ ἄτρακτον οἶδα καὶ θεὸν
715
Χείρωνα πημήναντα, χὦνπερ ἂν θίγῃ,
φθείρει τὰ πάντα κνώδαλʼ· ἐκ δὲ τοῦδʼ ὅδε
σφαγῶν διελθὼν ἰὸς αἵματος μέλας
πῶς οὐκ ὀλεῖ καὶ τόνδε; δόξῃ γοῦν ἐμῇ.
καίτοι δέδοκται, κεῖνος εἰ σφαλήσεται,
720
ταύτῃ σὺν ὁρμῇ κἀμὲ συνθανεῖν ἅμα·
ζῆν γὰρ κακῶς κλύουσαν οὐκ ἀνασχετόν,
ἥτις προτιμᾷ μὴ κακὴ πεφυκέναι.
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Χορός
ταρβεῖν μὲν ἔργα δείνʼ ἀναγκαίως ἔχει,
τὴν δʼ ἐλπίδʼ οὐ χρὴ τῆς τύχης κρίνειν πάρος.
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Δηιάνειρα
725
οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τοῖς μὴ καλοῖς βουλεύμασιν
οὐδʼ ἐλπίς, ἥτις καὶ θράσος τι προξενεῖ.
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ ἀμφὶ τοῖς σφαλεῖσι μὴ ʼξ ἑκουσίας
ὀργὴ πέπειρα, τῆς σε τυγχάνειν πρέπει.
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Δηιάνειρα
τοιαῦτα δʼ ἂν λέξειεν οὐχ ὁ τοῦ κακοῦ
730
κοινωνός, ἀλλʼ ᾧ μηδέν ἐστʼ οἴκοι βαρύ.
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Χορός
σιγᾶν ἂν ἁρμόζοι σε τὸν πλείω λόγον,
εἰ μή τι λέξεις παιδὶ τῷ σαυτῆς· ἐπεὶ
πάρεστι, μαστὴρ πατρὸς ὃς πρὶν ᾤχετο.
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Ὕλλος
ὦ μῆτερ, ὡς ἂν ἐκ τριῶν σʼ ἓν εἱλόμην,
735
ἢ μηκέτʼ εἶναι ζῶσαν, ἢ σεσωσμένην
ἄλλου κεκλῆσθαι μητέρʼ, ἢ λῴους φρένας
τῶν νῦν παρουσῶν τῶνδʼ ἀμείψασθαί ποθεν.
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Δηιάνειρα
τί δʼ ἐστίν, ὦ παῖ, πρός γʼ ἐμοῦ στυγούμενον;
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Ὕλλος
τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν σὸν ἴσθι, τὸν δʼ ἐμὸν λέγω
740
πατέρα, κατακτείνασα τῇδʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ.
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Δηιάνειρα
οἴμοι, τινʼ ἐξήνεγκας, ὦ τέκνον, λόγον;
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Ὕλλος
ὃν οὐχ οἷόν τε μὴ οὐ τελεσθῆναι· τὸ γὰρ
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