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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κἀν ᾧ τὸ κεῖσε δεῦρό τʼ ἐξορμώμεθα,
930
ὁρῶμεν αὐτὴν ἀμφιπλῆγι φασγάνῳ
πλευρὰν ὑφʼ ἧπαρ καὶ φρένας πεπληγμένην.
ἰδὼν δʼ ὁ παῖς ᾤμωξεν· ἔγνω γὰρ τάλας
τοὔργον κατʼ ὀργὴν ὡς ἐφάψειεν τόδε,
ὄψʼ ἐκδιδαχθεὶς τῶν κατʼ οἶκον οὕνεκα
935
ἄκουσα πρὸς τοῦ θηρὸς ἔρξειεν τάδε.
κἀνταῦθʼ ὁ παῖς δύστηνος οὔτʼ ὀδυρμάτων
ἐλείπετʼ οὐδέν, ἀμφί νιν γοώμενος,
οὔτʼ ἀμφιπίπτων στόμασιν, ἀλλὰ πλευρόθεν
πλευρὰν παρεὶς ἔκειτο πόλλʼ ἀναστένων,
940
ὥς νιν ματαίως αἰτίᾳ βάλοι κακῇ,
κλαίων ὁθούνεκʼ ἐκ δυοῖν ἔσοιθʼ ἅμα,
πατρός τʼ ἐκείνης τʼ, ὠρφανισμένος βίον.
τοιαῦτα τἀνθάδʼ ἐστίν· ὥστʼ εἴ τις δύο
ἢ καί τι πλείους ἡμέρας λογίζεται,
945
μάταιός ἐστιν· οὐ γὰρ ἔσθʼ ἥ γʼ αὔριον,
πρὶν εὖ πάθῃ τις τὴν παροῦσαν ἡμέραν.
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Χορός
πότερα πρότερον ἐπιστένω,
πότερα μέλεα περαιτέρω,
δύσκριτʼ ἔμοιγε δυστάνῳ.
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Χορός
950
τάδε μὲν ἔχομεν ὁρᾶν δόμοις,
τάδε δὲ μένομεν ἐπʼ ἐλπίσιν·
κοινὰ δʼ ἔχειν τε καὶ μέλλειν.
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Χορός
εἴθʼ ἀνεμόεσσά τις
955
γένοιτʼ ἔπουρος ἑστιῶτις αὔρα,
ἥτις μʼ ἀποικίσειεν ἐκ τόπων, ὅπως
τὸν Δῖον ἄλκιμον γόνον
960
μὴ ταρβαλέα θάνοιμι
μοῦνον εἰσιδοῦσʼ ἄφαρ·
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