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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ἐπεί σε νῦν ἀφράστως
ἀέλπτως τʼ ἐσεῖδον.
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Ὀρέστης
τότʼ εἶδες, εὖτε θεοί μʼ ἐπώτρυναν μολεῖν
1265
...
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἔφρασας ὑπερτέραν
τᾶς πάρος ἔτι χάριτος, εἴ σε θεὸς ἐπόρισεν
ἁμέτερα πρὸς μέλαθρα· δαιμόνιον
1270
αὐτὸ τίθημʼ ἐγώ.
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Ὀρέστης
τὰ μέν σʼ ὀκνῶ χαίρουσαν εἰργαθεῖν, τὰ δὲ
δέδοικα λίαν ἡδονῇ νικωμένην.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἰὼ χρόνῳ μακρῷ φιλτάταν ὁδὸν
ἐπαξιώσας ὧδέ μοι φανῆναι,
1275
μή τί με, πολύπονον ὧδʼ ἰδὼν
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Ὀρέστης
τί μὴ ποήσω;
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Ἠλέκτρα
μή μʼ ἀποστερήσῃς
τῶν σῶν προσώπων ἁδονὰν μεθέσθαι.
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Ὀρέστης
ἦ κάρτα κἂν ἄλλοισι θυμοίμην ἰδών.
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Ἠλέκτρα
1280
ξυναινεῖς;
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Ὀρέστης
τί μὴν οὔ;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ φίλαι, ἔκλυον ἃν ἐγὼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἤλπισʼ αὐδάν,
οὐδʼ ἂν ἔσχον ὁρμὰν
ἄναυδον οὐδὲ σὺν βοᾷ κλύουσα,
1285
τάλαινα. νῦν δʼ ἔχω σε· προυφάνης δὲ
φιλτάταν ἔχων πρόσοψιν,
ἇς ἐγὼ οὐδʼ ἂν ἐν κακοῖς λαθοίμαν.
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Ὀρέστης
τὰ μὲν περισσεύοντα τῶν λόγων ἄφες,
καὶ μήτε μήτηρ ὡς κακὴ δίδασκέ με,
1290
μήθʼ ὡς πατρῴαν κτῆσιν Αἴγισθος δόμων
ἀντλεῖ, τὰ δʼ ἐκχεῖ, τὰ δὲ διασπείρει μάτην·
χρόνου γὰρ ἄν σοι καιρὸν ἐξείργοι λόγος.
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