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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τοσαῦτʼ ἐπισκήψαντος, ἐν μέσῳ σκάφει
θέντες σφε πρὸς γῆν τήνδʼ ἐκέλσαμεν μόλις
805
βρυχώμενον σπασμοῖσι· καί νιν αὐτίκα
ἢ ζῶντʼ ἐσόψεσθʼ ἢ τεθνηκότʼ ἀρτίως.
τοιαῦτα, μῆτερ, πατρὶ βουλεύσασʼ ἐμῷ
καὶ δρῶσʼ ἐλήφθης, ὧν σε ποίνιμος Δίκη
τίσαιτʼ Ἐρινύς τʼ. εἰ θέμις δʼ, ἐπεύχομαι·
810
θέμις δʼ, ἐπεί μοι τὴν θέμιν σὺ προύβαλες,
πάντων ἄριστον ἄνδρα τῶν ἐπὶ χθονὶ
κτείνασʼ, ὁποῖον ἄλλον οὐκ ὄψει ποτέ.
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Χορός
τί σῖγʼ ἀφέρπεις; οὐ κάτοισθʼ ὁθούνεκα
ξυνηγορεῖς σιγῶσα τῷ κατηγόρῳ;
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Ὕλλος
815
ἐᾶτʼ ἀφέρπειν· οὖρος ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν
αὐτῇ γένοιτʼ ἄπωθεν ἑρπούσῃ καλός.
ὄγκον γὰρ ἄλλως ὀνόματος τί δεῖ τρέφειν
μητρῷον, ἥτις μηδὲν ὡς τεκοῦσα δρᾷ;
ἀλλʼ ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα· τὴν δὲ τέρψιν ἣν
820
τὠμῷ δίδωσι πατρί, τήνδʼ αὐτὴ λάβοι.
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Χορός
ἴδʼ οἷον, ὦ παῖδες, προσέμιξεν ἄφαρ
τοὔπος τὸ θεοπρόπον ἡμῖν
τᾶς παλαιφάτου προνοίας,
ὅ τʼ ἔλακεν, ὁπότε τελεόμηνος ἐκφέροι
825
δωδέκατος ἄροτος, ἀναδοχὰν τελεῖν πόνων
τῷ Διὸς αὐτόπαιδι· καὶ τάδʼ ὀρθῶς
ἔμπεδα κατουρίζει. πῶς γὰρ ἂν ὁ μὴ λεύσσων
830
ἔτι ποτʼ ἔτʼ ἐπίπονον πόνων ἔχοι θανὼν λατρείαν;
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Χορός
εἰ γάρ σφε Κενταύρου φονίᾳ νεφέλᾳ
χρίει δολοποιὸς ἀνάγκα
πλευρά, προστακέντος ἰοῦ,
ὃν τέκετο θάνατος, ἔτρεφε δʼ αἰόλος δράκων,
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