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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πείθου λέγοντι κοὐχ ἁμαρτήσει ποτέ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
μή, πρὸς γενείου, μὴ ʼξέλῃ τὰ φίλτατα.
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Ὀρέστης
οὔ φημʼ ἐάσειν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ τάλαινʼ ἐγὼ σέθεν,
1210
Ὀρέστα, τῆς σῆς εἰ στερήσομαι ταφῆς.
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Ὀρέστης
εὔφημα φώνει· πρὸς δίκης γὰρ οὐ στένεις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
πῶς τὸν θανόντʼ ἀδελφὸν οὐ δίκῃ στένω;
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Ὀρέστης
οὔ σοι προσήκει τήνδε προσφωνεῖν φάτιν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὕτως ἄτιμός εἰμι τοῦ τεθνηκότος;
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Ὀρέστης
1215
ἄτιμος οὐδενὸς σύ· τοῦτο δʼ οὐχὶ σόν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
εἴπερ γʼ Ὀρέστου σῶμα βαστάζω τόδε;
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Ὀρέστης
ἀλλʼ οὐκ Ὀρέστου, πλὴν λόγῳ γʼ ἠσκημένον.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ποῦ δʼ ἔστʼ ἐκείνου τοῦ ταλαιπώρου τάφος;
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Ὀρέστης
οὐκ ἔστι· τοῦ γὰρ ζῶντος οὐκ ἔστιν τάφος.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1220
πῶς εἶπας, ὦ παῖ;
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Ὀρέστης
ψεῦδος οὐδὲν ὧν λέγω.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἦ ζῇ γὰρ ἁνήρ;
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Ὀρέστης
εἴπερ ἔμψυχός γʼ ἐγώ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἦ γὰρ σὺ κεῖνος;
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Ὀρέστης
τήνδε προσβλέψασά μου
σφραγῖδα πατρὸς ἔκμαθʼ εἰ σαφῆ λέγω.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ φίλτατον φῶς.
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Ὀρέστης
φίλτατον, συμμαρτυρῶ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1225
ὦ φθέγμʼ, ἀφίκου;
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Ὀρέστης
μηκέτʼ ἄλλοθεν πύθῃ,
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἔχω σε χερσίν;
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Ὀρέστης
ὡς τὰ λοίπʼ ἔχοις ἀεί.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, ὦ πολίτιδες,
ὁρᾶτʼ Ὀρέστην τόνδε, μηχαναῖσι μὲν
θανόντα, νῦν δὲ μηχαναῖς σεσωσμένον.
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