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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ζῶν κακῶς εὔκλειαν αἰσχῦναι θέλει
νώνυμος, ὦ παῖ παῖ.
1085
ὡς καὶ σὺ πάγκλαυτον αἰῶνα κοινὸν εἵλου,
τὸ μὴ καλὸν καθοπλίσασα, δύο φέρειν ἐν ἑνὶ λόγῳ,
σοφά τʼ ἀρίστα τε παῖς κεκλῆσθαι.
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Χορός
1090
ζῴης μοι καθύπερθεν
χειρὶ καὶ πλούτῳ τεῶν ἐχθρῶν ὅσον
νῦν ὑπόχειρ ναίεις·
ἐπεί σʼ ἐφηύρηκα μοίρᾳ μὲν οὐκ ἐν ἐσθλᾷ
1095
βεβῶσαν, ἃ δὲ μέγιστʼ ἔβλαστε νόμιμα, τῶνδε φερομέναν
ἄριστα τᾷ Ζηνὸς εὐσεβείᾳ.
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Ὀρέστης
ἆρʼ, ὦ γυναῖκες, ὀρθά τʼ εἰσηκούσαμεν
ὀρθῶς θʼ ὁδοιποροῦμεν ἔνθα χρῄζομεν;
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Χορός
1100
τί δʼ ἐξερευνᾷς καὶ τί βουληθεὶς πάρει;
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Ὀρέστης
Αἴγισθον ἔνθʼ ᾤκηκεν ἱστορῶ πάλαι.
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Χορός
ἀλλʼ εὖ θʼ ἱκάνεις χὠ φράσας ἀζήμιος.
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Ὀρέστης
τίς οὖν ἂν ὑμῶν τοῖς ἔσω φράσειεν ἂν
ἡμῶν ποθεινὴν κοινόπουν παρουσίαν;
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Χορός
1105
ἥδʼ, εἰ τὸν ἄγχιστόν γε κηρύσσειν χρεών.
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Ὀρέστης
ἴθʼ, ὦ γύναι, δήλωσον εἰσελθοῦσʼ ὅτι
Φωκῆς ματεύουσʼ ἄνδρες Αἴγισθόν τινες,
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Ἠλέκτρα
οἴμοι τάλαινʼ, οὐ δή ποθʼ ἧς ἠκούσαμεν
φήμης φέροντες ἐμφανῆ τεκμήρια;
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Ὀρέστης
1110
οὐκ οἶδα τὴν σὴν κληδόνʼ· ἀλλά μοι γέρων
ἐφεῖτʼ Ὀρέστου Στρόφιος ἀγγεῖλαι πέρι.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τί δʼ ἔστιν, ὦ ξένʼ; ὥς μʼ ὑπέρχεται φόβος.
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Ὀρέστης
φέροντες αὐτοῦ σμικρὰ λείψανʼ ἐν βραχεῖ
τεύχει θανόντος, ὡς ὁρᾷς, κομίζομεν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1115
οἲ ʼγὼ τάλαινα, τοῦτʼ ἐκεῖνʼ ἤδη σαφὲς
πρόχειρον ἄχθος, ὡς ἔοικε, δέρκομαι.
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