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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λέγεις τάδʼ ἡμῖν ἢ βεβῶτος ἐκ δόμων;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἦ κάρτα· μὴ δόκει μʼ ἄν, εἴπερ ἦν πέλας,
θυραῖον οἰχνεῖν· νῦν δʼ ἀγροῖσι τυγχάνει.
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Χορός
ἦ κἂν ἐγὼ θαρσοῦσα μᾶλλον ἐς λόγους
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τοὺς σοὺς ἱκοίμην, εἴπερ ὧδε ταῦτʼ ἔχει;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὡς νῦν ἀπόντος ἱστόρει· τί σοι φίλον;
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Χορός
καὶ δή σʼ ἐρωτῶ· τοῦ κασιγνήτου τί φής,
ἥξοντος ἢ μέλλοντος; εἰδέναι θέλω.
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Ἠλέκτρα
φησίν γε· φάσκων δʼ οὐδὲν ὧν λέγει ποεῖ.
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Χορός
320
φιλεῖ γὰρ ὀκνεῖν πρᾶγμʼ ἀνὴρ πράσσων μέγα.
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Ἠλέκτρα
καὶ μὴν ἔγωγʼ ἔσωσʼ ἐκεῖνον οὐκ ὄκνῳ.
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Χορός
θάρσει· πέφυκεν ἐσθλός, ὥστʼ ἀρκεῖν φίλοις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
πέποιθʼ, ἐπεί τἂν οὐ μακρὰν ἔζων ἐγώ.
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Χορός
μὴ νῦν ἔτʼ εἴπῃς μηδέν· ὡς δόμων ὁρῶ
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τὴν σὴν ὅμαιμον ἐκ πατρὸς ταὐτοῦ φύσιν,
Χρυσόθεμιν, ἔκ τε μητρός, ἐντάφια χεροῖν
φέρουσαν, οἷα τοῖς κάτω νομίζεται.
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Χρυσόθεμις
τίνʼ αὖ σὺ τήνδε πρὸς θυρῶνος ἐξόδοις
ἐλθοῦσα φωνεῖς, ὦ κασιγνήτη, φάτιν,
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κοὐδʼ ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ διδαχθῆναι θέλεις
θυμῷ ματαίῳ μὴ χαρίζεσθαι κενά;
καίτοι τοσοῦτόν γʼ οἶδα κἀμαυτήν, ὅτι
ἀλγῶ ʼπὶ τοῖς παροῦσιν· ὥστʼ ἄν, εἰ σθένος
λάβοιμι, δηλώσαιμʼ ἂν οἷʼ αὐτοῖς φρονῶ.
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νῦν δʼ ἐν κακοῖς μοι πλεῖν ὑφειμένῃ δοκεῖ,
καὶ μὴ δοκεῖν μὲν δρᾶν τι, πημαίνειν δὲ μή·
τοιαῦτα δʼ ἄλλα καὶ σὲ βούλομαι ποεῖν.
καίτοι τὸ μὲν δίκαιον οὐχ ᾗ ʼγὼ λέγω,
ἀλλʼ ᾗ σὺ κρίνεις· εἰ δʼ ἐλευθέραν με δεῖ
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ζῆν, τῶν κρατούντων ἐστὶ πάντʼ ἀκουστέα.
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