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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σιγῇ κεύθειν καὶ μὴ σκεδάσαι
990
τῷδʼ ἀπὸ κρατὸς βλεφάρων θʼ ὕπνον;
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Ὕλλος
οὐ γὰρ ἔχω πῶς ἂν
στέρξαιμι κακὸν τόδε λεύσσων.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ὦ Κηναία κρηπὶς βωμῶν,
ἱερῶν οἵαν οἵων ἐπί μοι
995
μελέῳ χάριν ἠνύσω· ὦ Ζεῦ.
οἵαν μʼ ἄρʼ ἔθου λώβαν, οἵαν·
ἣν μή ποτʼ ἐγὼ προσιδεῖν ὁ τάλας
ὤφελον ὄσσοις, τόδʼ ἀκήλητον
μανίας ἄνθος καταδερχθῆναι.
1000
τίς γὰρ ἀοιδός, τίς ὁ χειροτέχνης
ἰατορίας, ὃς τήνδʼ ἄτην
χωρὶς Ζηνὸς κατακηλήσει;
θαῦμʼ ἂν πόρρωθεν ἰδοίμην.
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Ἡρακλῆς
ἒ ἔ,
1005
ἐᾶτέ μʼ, ἐᾶτέ με δύσμορον ὕστατον,
ἐᾶθʼ ὕστατον εὐνᾶσθαι.
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Ἡρακλῆς
πᾷ πᾷ μου ψαύεις; ποῖ κλίνεις;
ἀπολεῖς μʼ, ἀπολεῖς.
ἀνατέτροφας ὅ τι καὶ μύσῃ.
1010
ἧπταί μου, τοτοτοῖ, ἥδʼ αὖθʼ ἕρπει. πόθεν ἔστʼ, ὦ
πάντων Ἑλλάνων ἀδικώτατοι ἀνέρες, οὓς δὴ
πολλὰ μὲν ἐν πόντῳ κατά τε δρία πάντα καθαίρων
ὠλεκόμαν ὁ τάλας, καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ τῷδε νοσοῦντι
οὐ πῦρ, οὐκ ἔγχος τις ὀνήσιμον οὐκ ἐπιτρέψει;
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Ἡρακλῆς
1015
ἒ ἔ,
οὐδʼ ἀπαράξαι κρᾶτα βίᾳ θέλει
μολὼν τοῦ στυγεροῦ; φεῦ φεῦ.
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Πρέσβυς
ὦ παῖ τοῦδʼ ἀνδρός, τοὔργον τόδε μεῖζον ἀνήκει
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