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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ἡμῖν ἀρωγὸς τῶνδε τῶν βουλευμάτων,
καὶ δεῖξον ἀνθρώποισι τἀπιτίμια
τῆς δυσσεβείας οἷα δωροῦνται θεοί.
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Χορός
ἴδεθʼ ὅποι προνέμεται
1385
τὸ δυσέριστον αἷμα φυσῶν Ἄρης.
βεβᾶσιν ἄρτι δωμάτων ὑπόστεγοι
μετάδρομοι κακῶν πανουργημάτων ἄφυκτοι κύνες,
ὥστʼ οὐ μακρὰν ἔτʼ ἀμμενεῖ
1390
τοὐμὸν φρενῶν ὄνειρον αἰωρούμενον.
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Χορός
παράγεται γὰρ ἐνέρων
δολιόπους ἀρωγὸς εἴσω στέγας,
ἀρχαιόπλουτα πατρὸς εἰς ἑδώλια,
νεακόνητον αἷμα χειροῖν ἔχων· ὁ Μαίας δὲ παῖς
1395
Ἑρμῆς σφʼ ἄγει δόλον σκότῳ
κρύψας πρὸς αὐτὸ τέρμα κοὐκέτʼ ἀμμένει.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὦ φίλταται γυναῖκες, ἅνδρες αὐτίκα
τελοῦσι τοὔργον· ἀλλὰ σῖγα πρόσμενε.
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Χορός
πῶς δή; τί νῦν πράσσουσιν;
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Ἠλέκτρα
1400
ἡ μὲν ἐς τάφον
λέβητα κοσμεῖ, τὼ δʼ ἐφέστατον πέλας.
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Χορός
σὺ δʼ ἐκτὸς ᾖξας πρὸς τί;
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Ἠλέκτρα
φρουρήσουσʼ ὅπως
Αἴγισθος ἡμᾶς μὴ λάθῃ μολὼν ἔσω.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
αἰαῖ. ἰὼ στέγαι
1405
φίλων ἔρημοι, τῶν δʼ ἀπολλύντων πλέαι.
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Ἠλέκτρα
βοᾷ τις ἔνδον· οὐκ ἀκούετʼ, ὦ φίλαι;
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Χορός
ἤκουσʼ ἀνήκουστα δύστανος, ὥστε φρῖξαι.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
οἴμοι τάλαινʼ· Αἴγισθε, ποῦ ποτʼ ὢν κυρεῖς;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἰδοὺ μάλʼ αὖ θροεῖ τις.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
1410
ὦ τέκνον τέκνον, οἴκτιρε τὴν τεκοῦσαν.
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