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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θεοῖσιν ἔμμηνʼ ἱερὰ τοῖς σωτηρίοις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἐγὼ δʼ ὁρῶσʼ ἡ δύσμορος κατὰ στέγας
κλαίω, τέτηκα, κἀπικωκύω πατρὸς
τὴν δυστάλαιναν δαῖτʼ ἐπωνομασμένην
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αὐτὴ πρὸς αὑτήν. οὐδὲ γὰρ κλαῦσαι πάρα
τοσόνδʼ ὅσον μοι θυμὸς ἡδονὴν φέρει.
αὕτη γὰρ ἡ λόγοισι γενναία γυνὴ
φωνοῦσα τοιάδʼ ἐξονειδίζει κακά·
ὦ δύσθεον μίσημα, σοὶ μόνῃ πατὴρ
290
τέθνηκεν; ἄλλος δʼ οὔτις ἐν πένθει βροτῶν;
κακῶς ὄλοιο, μηδέ σʼ ἐκ γόων ποτὲ
τῶν νῦν ἀπαλλάξειαν οἱ κάτω θεοί.
τάδʼ ἐξυβρίζει· πλὴν ὅταν κλύῃ τινὸς
ἥξοντʼ Ὀρέστην· τηνικαῦτα δʼ ἐμμανὴς
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βοᾷ παραστᾶσʼ· οὐ σύ μοι τῶνδʼ αἰτία;
οὐ σὸν τόδʼ ἐστὶ τοὔργον, ἥτις ἐκ χερῶν
κλέψασʼ Ὀρέστην τῶν ἐμῶν ὑπεξέθου;
ἀλλʼ ἴσθι τοι τίσουσά γʼ ἀξίαν δίκην.
τοιαῦθʼ ὑλακτεῖ, σὺν δʼ ἐποτρύνει πέλας
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ὁ κλεινὸς αὐτῇ ταὐτὰ νυμφίος παρών,
ὁ πάντʼ ἄναλκις οὗτος, ἡ πᾶσα βλάβη,
ὁ σὺν γυναιξὶ τὰς μάχας ποιούμενος.
ἐγὼ δʼ Ὀρέστην τῶνδε προσμένουσʼ ἀεὶ
παυστῆρʼ ἐφήξειν ἡ τάλαινʼ ἀπόλλυμαι.
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μέλλων γὰρ ἀεὶ δρᾶν τι τὰς οὔσας τέ μου
καὶ τὰς ἀπούσας ἐλπίδας διέφθορεν.
ἐν οὖν τοιούτοις οὔτε σωφρονεῖν, φίλαι,
οὔτʼ εὐσεβεῖν πάρεστιν· ἀλλʼ ἔν τοι κακοῖς
πολλή ʼστʼ ἀνάγκη κἀπιτηδεύειν κακά.
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Χορός
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φέρʼ εἰπέ, πότερον ὄντος Αἰγίσθου πέλας
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