Electra, 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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ἀπροσδόκητον οὐδὲν εἴρηκας· καλῶς δʼ
ᾔδη σʼ ἀπορρίψουσαν ἁπηγγελλόμην.
ἀλλʼ αὐτόχειρί μοι μόνῃ τε δραστέον
1020
τοὔργον τόδʼ· οὐ γὰρ δὴ κενόν γʼ ἀφήσομεν.
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Χρυσόθεμις
φεῦ·
εἴθʼ ὤφελες τοιάδε τὴν γνώμην πατρὸς
θνῄσκοντος εἶναι· πᾶν γὰρ ἂν κατειργάσω.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ ἦ φύσιν γε, τὸν δὲ νοῦν ἥσσων τότε.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἄσκει τοιαύτη νοῦν διʼ αἰῶνος μένειν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1025
ὡς οὐχὶ συνδράσουσα νουθετεῖς τάδε.
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εἰκὸς γὰρ ἐγχειροῦντα καὶ πράσσειν κακῶς.
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ζηλῶ σε τοῦ νοῦ, τῆς δὲ δειλίας στυγῶ.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἀνέξομαι κλύουσα χὤταν εὖ λέγῃς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ οὔ ποτʼ ἐξ ἐμοῦ γε μὴ πάθῃς τόδε.
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Χρυσόθεμις
1030
μακρὸς τὸ κρῖναι ταῦτα χὠ λοιπὸς χρόνος.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἄπελθε· σοὶ γὰρ ὠφέλησις οὐκ ἔνι.
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ἔνεστιν· ἀλλὰ σοὶ μάθησις οὐ πάρα.
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ἐλθοῦσα μητρὶ ταῦτα πάντʼ ἔξειπε σῇ.
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οὐδʼ αὖ τοσοῦτον ἔχθος ἐχθαίρω σʼ ἐγώ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1035
ἀλλʼ οὖν ἐπίστω γʼ οἷ μʼ ἀτιμίας ἄγεις.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἀτιμίας μὲν οὔ, προμηθίας δὲ σοῦ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τῷ σῷ δικαίῳ δῆτʼ ἐπισπέσθαι με δεῖ;
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Χρυσόθεμις
ὅταν γὰρ εὖ φρονῇς, τόθʼ ἡγήσει σὺ νῷν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἦ δεινὸν εὖ λέγουσαν ἐξαμαρτάνειν.
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Χρυσόθεμις
1040
εἴρηκας ὀρθῶς ᾧ σὺ πρόσκεισαι κακῷ.
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τί δʼ; οὐ δοκῶ σοι ταῦτα σὺν δίκῃ λέγειν;
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἔνθα χἠ δίκη βλάβην φέρει.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τούτοις ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῖς νόμοις οὐ βούλομαι.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἀλλʼ εἰ ποήσεις ταῦτʼ, ἐπαινέσεις ἐμέ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1045
καὶ μὴν ποήσω γʼ οὐδὲν ἐκπλαγεῖσά σε.
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