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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τοῖς τῆσδε χρῆσθαι, τοῖς δὲ σοῖς αὕτη πάλιν.
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ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γυναῖκες, ἠθάς εἰμί πως
τῶν τῆσδε μύθων· οὐδʼ ἂν ἐμνήσθην ποτέ,
εἰ μὴ κακὸν μέγιστον εἰς αὐτὴν ἰὸν
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ἤκουσʼ, ὃ ταύτην τῶν μακρῶν σχήσει γόων.
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φέρʼ εἰπὲ δὴ τὸ δεινόν· εἰ γὰρ τῶνδέ μοι
μεῖζόν τι λέξεις, οὐκ ἂν ἀντείποιμʼ ἔτι.
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ἀλλʼ ἐξερῶ σοι πᾶν ὅσον κάτοιδʼ ἐγώ.
μέλλουσι γάρ σʼ, εἰ τῶνδε μὴ λήξεις γόων,
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ἐνταῦθα πέμψειν ἔνθα μή ποθʼ ἡλίου
φέγγος προσόψει, ζῶσα δʼ ἐν κατηρεφεῖ
στέγῃ χθονὸς τῆσδʼ ἐκτὸς ὑμνήσεις κακά.
πρὸς ταῦτα φράζου καί με μή ποθʼ ὕστερον
παθοῦσα μέμψῃ· νῦν γὰρ ἐν καλῷ φρονεῖν.
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ἦ ταῦτα δή με καὶ βεβούλευνται ποεῖν;
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μάλισθʼ· ὅταν περ οἴκαδʼ Αἴγισθος μόλῃ.
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ἀλλʼ ἐξίκοιτο τοῦδέ γʼ οὕνεκʼ ἐν τάχει.
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τίνʼ, ὦ τάλαινα, τόνδʼ ἐπηράσω λόγον;
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ἐλθεῖν ἐκεῖνον, εἴ τι τῶνδε δρᾶν νοεῖ.
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ὅπως πάθῃς τί χρῆμα; ποῦ ποτʼ εἶ φρενῶν;
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ὅπως ἀφʼ ὑμῶν ὡς προσωτάτω φύγω.
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βίου δὲ τοῦ παρόντος οὐ μνείαν ἔχεις;
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καλὸς γὰρ οὑμὸς βίοτος ὥστε θαυμάσαι.
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ἀλλʼ ἦν ἄν, εἰ σύ γʼ εὖ φρονεῖν ἠπίστασο.
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μή μʼ ἐκδίδασκε τοῖς φίλοις εἶναι κακήν.
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ἀλλʼ οὐ διδάσκω· τοῖς κρατοῦσι δʼ εἰκαθεῖν.
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σὺ ταῦτα θώπευʼ· οὐκ ἐμοὺς τρόπους λέγεις.
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καλόν γε μέντοι μὴ ʼξ ἀβουλίας πεσεῖν.
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πεσούμεθʼ, εἰ χρή, πατρὶ τιμωρούμενοι.
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πατὴρ δὲ τούτων, οἶδα, συγγνώμην ἔχει.
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