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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διʼ ὠτὸς ἂν παῦρά γʼ ὡς ἠπίως ἐννέπειν
1440
πρὸς ἄνδρα τόνδε συμφέροι, λαθραῖον ὡς
ὀρούσῃ πρὸς δίκας ἀγῶνα.
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Αἴγισθος
τίς οἶδεν ὑμῶν ποῦ ποθʼ οἱ Φωκῆς ξένοι,
οὕς φασʼ Ὀρέστην ἡμὶν ἀγγεῖλαι βίον
λελοιπόθʼ ἱππικοῖσιν ἐν ναυαγίοις;
1445
σέ τοι, σὲ κρίνω, ναὶ σέ, τὴν ἐν τῷ πάρος
χρόνῳ θρασεῖαν· ὡς μάλιστα σοὶ μέλειν
οἶμαι, μάλιστα δʼ ἂν κατειδυῖαν φράσαι.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἔξοιδα· πῶς γὰρ οὐχί; συμφορᾶς γὰρ ἂν
ἔξωθεν εἴην τῶν ἐμῶν τῆς φιλτάτης.
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1450
ποῦ δῆτʼ ἂν εἶεν οἱ ξένοι; δίδασκέ με.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἔνδον· φίλης γὰρ προξένου κατήνυσαν.
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ἦ καὶ θανόντʼ ἤγγειλαν ὡς ἐτητύμως;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὔκ, ἀλλὰ κἀπέδειξαν, οὐ λόγῳ μόνον.
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Αἴγισθος
πάρεστʼ ἄρʼ ἡμῖν ὥστε κἀμφανῆ μαθεῖν;
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Ἠλέκτρα
1455
πάρεστι δῆτα, καὶ μάλʼ ἄζηλος θέα.
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Αἴγισθος
ἦ πολλὰ χαίρειν μʼ εἶπας οὐκ εἰωθότως.
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Ἠλέκτρα
χαίροις ἄν, εἴ σοι χαρτὰ τυγχάνοι τάδε.
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Αἴγισθος
σιγᾶν ἄνωγα κἀναδεικνύναι πύλας
πᾶσιν Μυκηναίοισιν Ἀργείοις θʼ ὁρᾶν,
1460
ὡς εἴ τις αὐτῶν ἐλπίσιν κεναῖς πάρος
ἐξῄρετʼ ἀνδρὸς τοῦδε, νῦν ὁρῶν νεκρὸν
στόμια δέχηται τἀμὰ μηδὲ πρὸς βίαν
ἐμοῦ κολαστοῦ προστυχὼν φύσῃ φρένας.
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Ἠλέκτρα
καὶ δὴ τελεῖται τἀπʼ ἐμοῦ· τῷ γὰρ χρόνῳ
1465
νοῦν ἔσχον, ὥστε συμφέρειν τοῖς κρείσσοσιν.
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Αἴγισθος
ὦ Ζεῦ, δέδορκα φάσμʼ ἄνευ φθόνου μὲν οὐ
πεπτωκός· εἰ δʼ ἔπεστι νέμεσις, οὐ λέγω.
χαλᾶτε πᾶν κάλυμμʼ ἀπʼ ὀφθαλμῶν, ὅπως
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