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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835
πῶς ὅδʼ ἂν ἀέλιον ἕτερον ἢ τανῦν ἴδοι,
δεινοτάτῳ μὲν ὕδρας προστετακὼς
φάσματι; μελαγχαίτα δʼ ἄμμιγά νιν αἰκίζει
840
Νέσσου ὑποφόνια δολιόμυθα κέντρʼ ἐπιζέσαντα.
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Χορός
ὧν ἅδʼ ἁ τλάμων ἄοκνος μεγάλαν προορῶσα
δόμοισι βλάβαν νέων
ἀΐσσουσαν γάμων τὰ μὲν αὐτὰ προσέβαλε, τὰ
δʼ ἀπʼ ἀλλόθρου
845
γνώμας μολόντʼ ὀλεθρίαισι συναλλαγαῖς
ἦ που ὀλοὰ στένει,
ἦ που ἀδινῶν χλωρὰν
τέγγει δακρύων ἄχναν.
850
ἁ δʼ ἐρχομένα μοῖρα προφαίνει δολίαν
καὶ μεγάλαν ἄταν.
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Χορός
ἔρρωγεν παγὰ δακρύων· κέχυται νόσος, ὦ πόποι,
οἷον ἀναρσίων
οὔπω Ἡρακλέους ἀγακλειτὸν ἐπέμολε πάθος οἰκτίσαι.
855
ἰὼ κελαινὰ λόγχα προμάχου δορός,
ἃ τότε θοὰν νύμφαν
ἄγαγες ἀπʼ αἰπεινᾶς
τάνδʼ Οἰχαλίας αἰχμᾷ·
860
ἁ δʼ ἀμφίπολος Κύπρις ἄναυδος φανερὰ
τῶνδʼ ἐφάνη πράκτωρ.
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Ἡμιχόριον 1
πότερον ἐγὼ μάταιος, ἢ κλύω τινὸς
οἴκτου διʼ οἴκων ἀρτίως ὁρμωμένου; τί φημι;
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Ἡμιχόριον 2
865
ἠχεῖ τις οὐκ ἄσημον, ἀλλὰ δυστυχῆ
κωκυτὸν εἴσω, καί τι καινίζει στέγη.
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Ἡμιχόριον
ξύνες δὲ
τήνδʼ ὡς κατηφὴς καὶ συνωφρυωμένη
870
χωρεῖ πρὸς ἡμᾶς γραῖα σημανοῦσά τι.
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