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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εἴσιτʼ, ὦ ξένοι,
ἄλλως τε καὶ φέροντες οἷʼ ἂν οὔτε τις
1325
δόμων ἀπώσαιτʼ οὔτʼ ἂν ἡσθείη λαβών.
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Παιδαγωγός
ὦ πλεῖστα μῶροι καὶ φρενῶν τητώμενοι,
πότερα παρʼ οὐδὲν τοῦ βίου κήδεσθʼ ἔτι
ἢ νοῦς ἔνεστιν οὔτις ὑμὶν ἐγγενής,
ὅτʼ οὐ παρʼ αὐτοῖς, ἀλλʼ ἐν αὐτοῖσιν κακοῖς
1330
τοῖσιν μεγίστοις ὄντες οὐ γιγνώσκετε;
ἀλλʼ εἰ σταθμοῖσι τοῖσδε μὴ ʼκύρουν ἐγὼ
πάλαι φυλάσσων, ἦν ἂν ὑμὶν ἐν δόμοις
τὰ δρώμενʼ ὑμῶν πρόσθεν ἢ τὰ σώματα·
νῦν δʼ εὐλάβειαν τῶνδε προυθέμην ἐγώ.
1335
καὶ νῦν ἀπαλλαχθέντε τῶν μακρῶν λόγων
καὶ τῆς ἀπλήστου τῆσδε σὺν χαρᾷ βοῆς
εἴσω παρέλθεθʼ, ὡς τὸ μὲν μέλλειν κακὸν
ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἔστʼ, ἀπηλλάχθαι δʼ ἀκμή.
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Ὀρέστης
πῶς οὖν ἔχει τἀντεῦθεν εἰσιόντι μοι;
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Παιδαγωγός
1340
καλῶς· ὑπάρχει γάρ σε μὴ γνῶναί τινα.
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Ὀρέστης
ἤγγειλας, ὡς ἔοικεν, ὡς τεθνηκότα.
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Παιδαγωγός
εἷς τῶν ἐν Ἅιδου μάνθανʼ ἐνθάδʼ ὢν ἀνήρ.
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Ὀρέστης
χαίρουσιν οὖν τούτοισιν; ἢ τίνες λόγοι;
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Παιδαγωγός
τελουμένων εἴποιμʼ ἄν· ὡς δὲ νῦν ἔχει,
1345
καλῶς τὰ κείνων πάντα, καὶ τὰ μὴ καλῶς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τίς οὗτός ἐστʼ, ἀδελφέ; πρὸς θεῶν φράσον.
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Ὀρέστης
οὐχὶ ξυνίης;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὐδέ γʼ ἐς θυμὸν φέρω.
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Ὀρέστης
οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅτῳ μʼ ἔδωκας εἰς χέρας ποτέ;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ποίῳ; τί φωνεῖς;
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Ὀρέστης
οὗ τὸ Φωκέων πέδον
1350
ὑπεξεπέμφθην σῇ προμηθίᾳ χεροῖν.
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