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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ἦ κεῖνος οὗτος, ὅν ποτʼ ἐκ πολλῶν ἐγὼ
μόνον προσηῦρον πιστὸν ἐν πατρὸς φόνῳ;
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Ὀρέστης
ὅδʼ ἐστί· μή μʼ ἔλεγχε πλείοσιν λόγοις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ φίλτατον φῶς, ὦ μόνος σωτὴρ δόμων
1355
Ἀγαμέμνονος, πῶς ἦλθες; ἦ σὺ κεῖνος εἶ,
ὃς τόνδε κἄμʼ ἔσωσας ἐκ πολλῶν πόνων;
ὦ φίλταται μὲν χεῖρες, ἥδιστον δʼ ἔχων
ποδῶν ὑπηρέτημα, πῶς οὕτω πάλαι
ξυνών μʼ ἔληθες οὐδʼ ἔφαινες, ἀλλά με
1360
λόγοις ἀπώλλυς, ἔργʼ ἔχων ἥδιστʼ ἐμοί;
χαῖρʼ, ὦ πάτερ· πατέρα γὰρ εἰσορᾶν δοκῶ·
χαῖρʼ· ἴσθι δʼ ὡς μάλιστά σʼ ἀνθρώπων ἐγὼ
ἤχθηρα κἀφίλησʼ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ.
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Παιδαγωγός
ἀρκεῖν δοκεῖ μοι· τοὺς γὰρ ἐν μέσῳ λόγους
1365
πολλαὶ κυκλοῦνται νύκτες ἡμέραι τʼ ἴσαι,
αἳ ταῦτά σοι δείξουσιν, Ἠλέκτρα, σαφῆ.
σφῷν δʼ ἐννέπω γε τοῖν παρεστώτοιν ὅτι
νῦν καιρὸς ἔρδειν· νῦν Κλυταιμνήστρα μόνη,
νῦν οὔτις ἀνδρῶν ἔνδον· εἰ δʼ ἐφέξετον,
1370
φροντίζεθʼ ὡς τούτοις τε καὶ σοφωτέροις
ἄλλοισι τούτων πλείοσιν μαχούμενοι.
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Ὀρέστης
οὐκ ἂν μακρῶν ἔθʼ ἡμὶν οὐδὲν ἂν λόγων,
Πυλάδη, τόδʼ εἴη τοὔργον, ἀλλʼ ὅσον τάχος
χωρεῖν ἔσω, πατρῷα προσκύσανθʼ ἕδη
1375
θεῶν, ὅσοιπερ πρόπυλα ναίουσιν τάδε.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἄναξ Ἄπολλον, ἵλεως αὐτοῖν κλύε
ἐμοῦ τε πρὸς τούτοισιν, ἥ σε πολλὰ δὴ
ἀφʼ ὧν ἔχοιμι λιπαρεῖ προύστην χερί.
νῦν δʼ, ὦ Λύκειʼ Ἄπολλον, ἐξ οἵων ἔχω
1380
αἰτῶ, προπίτνω, λίσσομαι, γενοῦ πρόφρων
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