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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ἦ σὸν τὸ κλεινὸν εἶδος Ἠλέκτρας τόδε;
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Ἠλέκτρα
τόδʼ ἔστʼ ἐκεῖνο, καὶ μάλʼ ἀθλίως ἔχον.
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οἴμοι ταλαίνης ἆρα τῆσδε συμφορᾶς.
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1180
οὐ δή ποτʼ, ὦ ξένʼ, ἀμφʼ ἐμοὶ στένεις τάδε;
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ὦ σῶμʼ ἀτίμως κἀθέως ἐφθαρμένον.
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὔτοι ποτʼ ἄλλην ἢ ʼμὲ δυσφημεῖς, ξένε.
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φεῦ τῆς ἀνύμφου δυσμόρου τε σῆς τροφῆς,
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Ἠλέκτρα
τί δή ποτʼ, ὦ ξένʼ, ὧδʼ ἐπισκοπῶν στένεις;
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1185
ὡς οὐκ ἄρʼ ᾔδη τῶν ἐμῶν οὐδὲν κακῶν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἐν τῷ διέγνως τοῦτο τῶν εἰρημένων;
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ὁρῶν σε πολλοῖς ἐμπρέπουσαν ἄλγεσιν.
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καὶ μὴν ὁρᾷς γε παῦρα τῶν ἐμῶν κακῶν.
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καὶ πῶς γένοιτʼ ἂν τῶνδʼ ἔτʼ ἐχθίω βλέπειν;
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Ἠλέκτρα
1190
ὁθούνεκʼ εἰμὶ τοῖς φονεῦσι σύντροφος
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τοῖς τοῦ; πόθεν τοῦτʼ ἐξεσήμηνας κακόν;
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Ἠλέκτρα
τοῖς πατρός· εἶτα τοῖσδε δουλεύω βίᾳ.
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τίς γάρ σʼ ἀνάγκῃ τῇδε προτρέπει βροτῶν;
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Ἠλέκτρα
μήτηρ καλεῖται, μητρὶ δʼ οὐδὲν ἐξισοῖ.
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1195
τί δρῶσα; πότερα χερσὶν ἢ λύμῃ βίου;
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καὶ χερσὶ καὶ λύμαισι καὶ πᾶσιν κακοῖς.
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οὐδʼ οὑπαρήξων οὐδʼ ὁ κωλύσων πάρα;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὐ δῆθʼ. ὃς ἦν γάρ μοι σὺ προὔθηκας σποδόν.
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ὦ δύσποτμʼ, ὡς ὁρῶν σʼ ἐποικτίρω πάλαι.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1200
μόνος βροτῶν νυν ἴσθʼ ἐποικτίρας ποτέ.
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μόνος γὰρ ἥκω τοῖς ἴσοις ἀλγῶν κακοῖς.
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οὐ δή ποθʼ ἡμῖν ξυγγενὴς ἥκεις ποθέν;
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ἐγὼ φράσαιμʼ ἄν, εἰ τὸ τῶνδʼ εὔνουν πάρα.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ ἐστὶν εὔνουν, ὥστε πρὸς πιστὰς ἐρεῖς.
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1205
μέθες τόδʼ ἄγγος νῦν, ὅπως τὸ πᾶν μάθῃς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
μὴ δῆτα πρὸς θεῶν τοῦτό μʼ ἐργάσῃ, ξένε.
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