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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ὦ παῖδες, ὡς ἄρʼ ἡμὶν οὐ σμικρῶν κακῶν
ἦρξεν τὸ δῶρον Ἡρακλεῖ τὸ πόμπιμον.
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Χορός
τί δʼ, ὦ γεραιά, καινοποιηθὲν λέγεις;
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Τροφός
βέβηκε Δῃάνειρα τὴν πανυστάτην
875
ὁδῶν ἁπασῶν ἐξ ἀκινήτου ποδός.
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Χορός
οὐ δή ποθʼ ὡς θανοῦσα;
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Τροφός
πάντʼ ἀκήκοας.
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Χορός
τέθνηκεν ἡ τάλαινα;
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δεύτερον κλύεις.
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Χορός
τάλαινʼ ὀλεθρία· τίνι τρόπῳ θανεῖν σφε φής;
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σχετλιώτατά γε πρὸς πρᾶξιν.
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Χορός
880
εἰπὲ τῷ μόρῳ,
γύναι, ξυντρέχει.
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Τροφός
αὑτὴν διηΐστωσε.
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Χορός
τίς θυμὸς ἢ τίνες νόσοι
τάνδʼ αἰχμᾷ βέλεος κακοῦ ξυνεῖλε; πως ἐμήσατο
885
πρὸς θανάτῳ θάνατον ἀνύσασα μόνα;
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στονόεντος ἐν τομᾷ σιδάρου.
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ἐπεῖδες, ὦ ματαία, τάνδε τὴν ὕβριν;
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ἐπεῖδον, ὡς δὴ πλησία παραστάτις.
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Χορός
890
τίς ἦν; πῶς; φέρʼ εἰπέ.
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αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτῆς χειροποιεῖται τάδε.
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Χορός
τί φωνεῖς;
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σαφηνῆ.
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Χορός
ἔτεκεν ἔτεκε δὴ μεγάλαν
ἁ νέορτος ἅδε νύμφα
895
δόμοισι τοῖσδʼ ἐρινύν.
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Τροφός
ἄγαν γε· μᾶλλον δʼ, εἰ παροῦσα πλησία
ἔλευσσες οἷʼ ἔδρασε, κάρτʼ ἂν ᾤκτισας.
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Χορός
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἔτλη τις χεὶρ γυναικεία κτίσαι;
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