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 πᾶσʼ ἀνάγκη τήνδε τὴν στέγην ἰδεῖν
τά τʼ ὄντα καὶ μέλλοντα Πελοπιδῶν κακά;
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Ὀρέστης
τὰ γοῦν σʼ· ἐγώ σοι μάντις εἰμὶ τῶνδʼ ἄκρος.
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Αἴγισθος
1500
ἀλλʼ οὐ πατρῴαν τὴν τέχνην ἐκόμπασας.
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Ὀρέστης
πόλλʼ ἀντιφωνεῖς, ἡ δʼ ὁδὸς βραδύνεται.
ἀλλʼ ἕρφʼ.
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Αἴγισθος
ὑφηγοῦ.
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Ὀρέστης
σοὶ βαδιστέον πάρος.
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Αἴγισθος
ἦ μὴ φύγω σε;
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Ὀρέστης
μὴ μὲν οὖν καθʼ ἡδονὴν
θάνῃς· φυλάξαι δεῖ με τοῦτό σοι πικρόν.
1505
χρῆν δʼ εὐθὺς εἶναι τήνδε τοῖς πᾶσιν δίκην,
ὅστις πέρα πράσσειν τι τῶν νόμων θέλει,
κτείνειν· τὸ γὰρ πανοῦργον οὐκ ἂν ἦν πολύ.
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Χορός
ὦ σπέρμʼ Ἀτρέως, ὡς πολλὰ παθὸν
διʼ ἐλευθερίας μόλις ἐξῆλθες
1510
τῇ νῦν ὁρμῇ τελεωθέν.
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