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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ἃ δʼ ἁρμόσει μοι τῷ παρόντι νῦν χρόνῳ
σήμαινʼ, ὅπου φανέντες ἢ κεκρυμμένοι
1295
γελῶντας ἐχθροὺς παύσομεν τῇ νῦν ὁδῷ.
οὕτω δʼ ὅπως μήτηρ σε μὴ ʼπιγνώσεται
φαιδρῷ προσώπῳ νῷν ἐπελθόντοιν δόμους·
ἀλλʼ ὡς ἐπʼ ἄτῃ τῇ μάτην λελεγμένῃ
στέναζʼ· ὅταν γὰρ εὐτυχήσωμεν, τότε
1300
χαίρειν παρέσται καὶ γελᾶν ἐλευθέρως.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ ὦ κασίγνηθʼ, ὧδʼ ὅπως καὶ σοὶ φίλον
καὶ τοὐμὸν ἔσται τῇδʼ· ἐπεὶ τὰς ἡδονὰς
πρὸς σοῦ λαβοῦσα κοὐκ ἐμὰς ἐκτησάμην,
κοὐδʼ ἄν σε λυπήσασα δεξαίμην βραχὺ
1305
αὐτὴ μέγʼ εὑρεῖν κέρδος· οὐ γὰρ ἂν καλῶς
ὑπηρετοίην τῷ παρόντι δαίμονι.
ἀλλʼ οἶσθα μὲν τἀνθένδε, πῶς γὰρ οὔ; κλύων
ὁθούνεκʼ Αἴγισθος μὲν οὐ κατὰ στέγας,
μήτηρ δʼ ἐν οἴκοις· ἣν σὺ μὴ δείσῃς ποθʼ ὡς
1310
γέλωτι τοὐμὸν φαιδρὸν ὄψεται κάρα.
μῖσός τε γὰρ παλαιὸν ἐντέτηκέ μοι,
κἀπεί σʼ ἐσεῖδον, οὔ ποτʼ ἐκλήξω χαρᾷ
δακρυρροοῦσα· πῶς γὰρ ἂν λήξαιμʼ ἐγώ,
ἥτις μιᾷ σε τῇδʼ ὁδῷ θανόντα τε
1315
καὶ ζῶντʼ ἐσεῖδον; εἴργασαι δέ μʼ ἄσκοπα·
ὥστʼ εἰ πατήρ μοι ζῶν ἵκοιτο, μηκέτʼ ἂν
τέρας νομίζειν αὐτό, πιστεύειν δʼ ὁρᾶν.
ὅτʼ οὖν τοιαύτην ἡμὶν ἐξήκεις ὁδόν,
ἄρχʼ αὐτὸς ὥς σοι θυμός· ὡς ἐγὼ μόνη
1320
οὐκ ἂν δυοῖν ἥμαρτον· ἢ γὰρ ἂν καλῶς
ἔσωσʼ ἐμαυτὴν ἢ καλῶς ἀπωλόμην.
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Ὀρέστης
σιγᾶν ἐπῄνεσʼ ὡς ἐπʼ ἐξόδῳ κλύω τῶν ἔνδοθεν χωροῦντος.
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