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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ἐπεὶ ἐν δυσαπαλλάκτοις ὀδύναις
χωρεῖν πρὸ δόμων λέγουσιν
ἄσπετόν τι θαῦμα.
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Χορός
965
ἀγχοῦ δʼ ἄρα κοὐ μακρὰν
προύκλαιον, ὀξύφωνος ὡς ἀηδών.
ξένων γὰρ ἐξόμιλος ἥδε τις βάσις.
πᾷ δʼ αὖ φορεῖ νιν; ὡς φίλου
προκηδομένα βαρεῖαν
ἄψοφον φέρει βάσιν.
970
αἰαῖ, ὅδʼ ἀναύδατος φέρεται.
τί χρὴ θανόντα νιν ἢ καθʼ
ὕπνον ὄντα κρῖναι;
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Ὕλλος
οἴμοι ἐγὼ σοῦ,
πάτερ, οἴμοι ἐγὼ σοῦ μέλεος.
τί πάθω; τί δὲ μήσομαι; οἴμοι.
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Πρέσβυς
975
σίγα, τέκνον, μὴ κινήσῃς
ἀγρίαν ὀδύνην πατρὸς ὠμόφρονος·
ζῇ γὰρ προπετής· ἀλλʼ ἴσχε δακὼν στόμα σόν.
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Ὕλλος
πῶς φής, γέρον; ἦ ζῇ;
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Πρέσβυς
οὐ μὴ ʼξεγερεῖς τὸν ὕπνῳ κάτοχον
κἀκκινήσεις κἀναστήσεις
980
φοιτάδα δεινὴν νόσον, ὦ τέκνον.
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Ὕλλος
ἀλλʼ ἐπί μοι μελέῳ
βάρος ἄπλετον· ἐμμέμονεν φρήν.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ Ζεῦ,
ποῖ γᾶς ἥκω; παρὰ τοῖσι βροτῶν
985
κεῖμαι πεπονημένος ἀλλήκτοις
ὀδύναις; οἴμοι μοι ἐγὼ τλάμων·
ἡ δʼ αὖ μιαρὰ βρύκει. φεῦ.
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Πρέσβυς
ἆρʼ ἐξῄδη σʼ ὅσον ἦν κέρδος
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