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ὤνθρωπε , μὴ δρᾶ τοὺς τεθνηκότας κακῶς:
1155
εἰ γὰρ ποήσεις , ἴσθι πημανούμενος.
τοιαῦτ᾽ ἄνολβον ἄνδρ᾽ ἐνουθέτει παρών.
ὁρῶ δέ τοί νιν , κἄστιν , ὡς ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ,
οὐδείς ποτ᾽ ἄλλος ἢ σύ . μῶν ᾐνιξάμην;
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Μενέλαος
ἄπειμι : καὶ γὰρ αἰσχρόν , εἰ πύθοιτό τις
1160
λόγοις κολάζειν ᾧ βιάζεσθαι πάρα.
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Τεῦκρος
ἄφερπέ νυν : κἀμοὶ γὰρ αἴσχιστον κλύειν
ἀνδρὸς ματαίου φλαῦρ᾽ ἔπη μυθουμένου.
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Χορός
ἔσται μεγάλης ἔριδός τις ἀγών.
ἀλλ᾽ ὡς δύνασαι , Τεῦκρε , ταχύνας
1165
σπεῦσον κοίλην κάπετόν τιν᾽ ἰδεῖν
τῷδ᾽ , ἔνθα βροτοῖς τὸν ἀείμνηστον
τάφον εὐρώεντα καθέξει.
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Τεῦκρος
καὶ μὴν ἐς αὐτὸν καιρὸν οἵδε πλησίοι
πάρεισιν ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε παῖς τε καὶ γυνή,
1170
τάφον περιστελοῦντε δυστήνου νεκροῦ.
ὦ παῖ , πρόσελθε δεῦρο καὶ σταθεὶς πέλας
ἱκέτης ἔφαψαι πατρός , ὅς σ᾽ ἐγείνατο.
θάκει δὲ προστρόπαιος ἐν χεροῖν ἔχων
κόμας ἐμὰς καὶ τῆσδε καὶ σαυτοῦ τρίτου,
1175
ἱκτήριον θησαυρόν . εἰ δέ τις στρατοῦ
βίᾳ σ᾽ ἀποσπάσειε τοῦδε τοῦ νεκροῦ,
κακὸς κακῶς ἄθαπτος ἐκπέσοι χθονός,
γένους ἅπαντος ῥίζαν ἐξημημένος,
αὔτως ὅπωσπερ τόνδ᾽ ἐγὼ τέμνω πλόκον.
1180
ἔχ᾽ αὐτόν , ὦ παῖ , καὶ φύλασσε , μηδέ σε
κινησάτω τις , ἀλλὰ προσπεσὼν ἔχου.
ὑμεῖς τε μὴ γυναῖκες ἀντ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πέλας
παρέστατ᾽ , ἀλλ᾽ ἀρήγετ᾽ , ἔστ᾽ ἐγὼ μολὼν
τάφου μεληθῶ τῷδε , κἂν μηδεὶς ἐᾷ.
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Χορός
1185
τίς ἄρα νέατος ἐς πότε λήξει πολυπλάγκτων ἐτέων ἀριθμός,
τὰν ἄπαυστον αἰὲν ἐμοὶ δορυσσοήτων
μόχθων ἄταν ἐπάγων
1190
ἄν τὰν εὐρώδεα Τρωΐαν,
δύστανον ὄνειδος Ἑλλάνων;
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Χορός
ὄφελε πρότερον αἰθέρα δῦναι μέγαν ἢ τὸν πολύκοινον Ἅιδαν
1195
κεῖνος ἁνήρ , ὃς στυγερῶν ἔδειξεν ὅπλων
Ἕλλασιν κοινὸν Ἄρη.
ἰὼ πόνοι πρόγονοι πόνων:
κεῖνος γὰρ ἔπερσεν ἀνθρώπους.
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Χορός
ἐκεῖνος οὔτε στεφάνων
1200
οὔτε βαθεῖαν κυλίκων
νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν,
οὔτε γλυκὺν αὐλῶν ὄτοβον,
δύσμορος , οὔτ᾽ ἐννυχίαν
τέρψιν ἰαύειν.
1205
ἐρώτων δ᾽ ἐρώτων ἀπέπαυσεν , ὤμοι.
κεῖμαι δ᾽ , ἀμέριμνος οὕτως,
ἀεὶ πυκιναῖς δρόσοις
τεγγόμενος κόμας,
1210
λυγρᾶς μνήματα Τροίας.
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Χορός
καὶ πρὶν μὲν αἰὲν νυχίου
δείματος ἦν μοι προβολὰ
καὶ βελέων θούριος Αἴας:
νῦν δ᾽ οὗτος ἀνεῖται στυγερῷ
1215
δαίμονι : τίς μοι , τίς ἔτ᾽ οὖν
τέρψις ἐπέσται;
γενοίμαν ἵν᾽ ὑλᾶεν ἔπεστι πόντου
πρόβλημ᾽ ἁλίκλυστον , ἄκραν
1220
ὑπὸ πλάκα Σουνίου,
τὰς ἱερὰς ὅπως
προσείποιμεν Ἀθάνας.
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Τεῦκρος
καὶ μὴν ἰδὼν ἔσπευσα τὸν στρατηλάτην
Ἀγαμέμνον᾽ ἡμῖν δεῦρο τόνδ᾽ ὁρμώμενον:
1225
δῆλος δέ μοὐστὶ σκαιὸν ἐκλύσων στόμα.
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Ἀγαμέμνων
σὲ δὴ τὰ δεινὰ ῥήματ᾽ ἀγγέλλουσί μοι
τλῆναι καθ᾽ ἡμῶν ὧδ᾽ ἀνοιμωκτὶ χανεῖν;
σέ τοι , τὸν ἐκ τῆς αἰχμαλωτίδος λέγω,
ἦ που τραφεὶς ἂν μητρὸς εὐγενοῦς ἄπο
1230
ὑψήλ᾽ ἐκόμπεις κἀπ᾽ ἄκρων ὡδοιπόρεις,
ὅτ᾽ οὐδὲν ὢν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀντέστης ὕπερ,
κοὔτε στρατηγοὺς οὔτε ναυάρχους μολεῖν
ἡμᾶς Ἀχαιῶν οὐδὲ σοῦ διωμόσω
ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὸς ἄρχων , ὡς σὺ φής , Αἴας ἔπλει.
1235
ταῦτ᾽ οὐκ ἀκούειν μεγάλα πρὸς δούλων κακά;
ποίου κέκραγας ἀνδρὸς ὧδ᾽ ὑπέρφρονα;
ποῖ βάντος ἢ ποῦ στάντος οὗπερ οὐκ ἐγώ;
οὐκ ἆρ᾽ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄνδρες εἰσὶ πλὴν ὅδε;
πικροὺς ἔοιγμεν τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων
1240
ἀγῶνας Ἀργείοισι κηρῦξαι τότε,
εἰ πανταχοῦ φανούμεθ᾽ ἐκ Τεύκρου κακοί,
κοὐκ ἀρκέσει ποθ᾽ ὑμὶν οὐδ᾽ ἡσσημένοις
εἴκειν ἃ τοῖς πολλοῖσιν ἤρεσκεν κριταῖς,
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