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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φανθὲν τίς ἂν δύναιτʼ ἂν ἀγένητον ποεῖν;
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Δηιάνειρα
πῶς εἶπας, ὦ παῖ; τοῦ παρʼ ἀνθρώπων μαθὼν
745
ἄζηλον οὕτως ἔργον εἰργάσθαι με φής;
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Ὕλλος
αὐτὸς βαρεῖαν ξυμφορὰν ἐν ὄμμασιν
πατρὸς δεδορκὼς κοὐ κατὰ γλῶσσαν κλύων.
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Δηιάνειρα
ποῦ δʼ ἐμπελάζεις τἀνδρὶ καὶ παρίστασαι;
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Ὕλλος
εἰ χρὴ μαθεῖν σε, πάντα δὴ φωνεῖν χρεών.
750
ὅθʼ εἷρπε κλεινὴν Εὐρύτου πέρσας πόλιν,
νίκης ἄγων τροπαῖα κἀκροθίνια,
ἀκτή τις ἀμφίκλυστος Εὐβοίας ἄκρον
Κήναιόν ἐστιν, ἔνθα πατρῴῳ Διὶ
βωμοὺς ὁρίζει τεμενίαν τε φυλλάδα·
755
οὗ νιν τὰ πρῶτʼ ἐσεῖδον ἄσμενος πόθῳ.
μέλλοντι δʼ αὐτῷ πολυθύτους τεύχειν σφαγὰς
κῆρυξ ἀπʼ οἴκων ἵκετʼ οἰκεῖος Λίχας,
τὸ σὸν φέρων δώρημα, θανάσιμον πέπλον·
ὃν κεῖνος ἐνδύς, ὡς σὺ προυξεφίεσο,
760
ταυροκτονεῖ μὲν δώδεκʼ ἐντελεῖς ἔχων
λείας ἀπαρχὴν βοῦς· ἀτὰρ τὰ πάνθʼ ὁμοῦ
ἑκατὸν προσῆγε συμμιγῆ βοσκήματα.
καὶ πρῶτα μὲν δείλαιος ἵλεῳ φρενί,
κόσμῳ τε χαίρων καὶ στολῇ, κατηύχετο·
765
ὅπως δὲ σεμνῶν ὀργίων ἐδαίετο
φλὸξ αἱματηρὰ κἀπὸ πιείρας δρυός,
ἱδρὼς ἀνῄει χρωτί, καὶ προσπτύσσεται
πλευραῖσιν ἀρτίκολλος, ὥστε τέκτονος,
χιτὼν ἅπαν κατʼ ἄρθρον· ἦλθε δʼ ὀστέων
770
ἀδαγμὸς ἀντίσπαστος· εἶτα φοινίας
ἐχθρᾶς ἐχίδνης ἰὸς ὣς ἐδαίνυτο.
ἐνταῦθα δὴ ʼβόησε τὸν δυσδαίμονα
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