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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1230
ὁρῶμεν, ὦ παῖ, κἀπὶ συμφοραῖσί μοι
γεγηθὸς ἕρπει δάκρυον ὀμμάτων ἄπο.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἰὼ γοναί,
γοναὶ σωμάτων ἐμοὶ φιλτάτων,
ἐμόλετʼ ἀρτίως,
1235
ἐφηύρετʼ, ἤλθετʼ, εἴδεθʼ οὓς ἐχρῄζετε.
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Ὀρέστης
πάρεσμεν· ἀλλὰ σῖγʼ ἔχουσα πρόσμενε.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τί δʼ ἔστιν;
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Ὀρέστης
σιγᾶν ἄμεινον, μή τις ἔνδοθεν κλύῃ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ οὐ μὰ τὴν ἄδμητον αἰὲν Ἄρτεμιν,
1240
τόδε μὲν οὔ ποτʼ ἀξιώσω τρέσαι,
περισσὸν ἄχθος ἔνδον
γυναικῶν ὂν αἰεί.
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Ὀρέστης
ὅρα γε μὲν δὴ κἀν γυναιξὶν ὡς Ἄρης
ἔνεστιν· εὖ δʼ ἔξοισθα πειραθεῖσά που.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1245
ὀτοτοτοτοῖ τοτοῖ,
ἀνέφελον ἐνέβαλες οὔ ποτε καταλύσιμον,
οὐδέ ποτε λησόμενον ἁμέτερον
1250
οἷον ἔφυ κακόν.
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Ὀρέστης
ἔξοιδα, παῖ, ταῦτʼ· ἀλλʼ ὅταν παρουσία
φράζῃ, τότʼ ἔργων τῶνδε μεμνῆσθαι χρεών.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὁ πᾶς ἐμοί,
ὁ πᾶς ἂν πρέποι παρὼν ἐννέπειν
1255
τάδε δίκᾳ χρόνος·
μόλις γὰρ ἔσχον νῦν ἐλεύθερον στόμα.
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Ὀρέστης
ξύμφημι κἀγώ· τοιγαροῦν σῴζου τόδε.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τί δρῶσα;
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Ὀρέστης
οὗ μή ʼστι καιρὸς μὴ μακρὰν βούλου λέγειν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1260
τίς οὖν ἂν ἀξίαν γε σοῦ πεφηνότος
μεταβάλοιτʼ ἂν ὧδε σιγὰν λόγων;
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