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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ταῦτʼ ἐστὶ τἄπη πρὸς κακῶν ἐπαινέσαι.
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σὺ δʼ οὐχὶ πείσει καὶ συναινέσεις ἐμοί;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὐ δῆτα· μή πω νοῦ τοσόνδʼ εἴην κενή.
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χωρήσομαί τἄρʼ οἷπερ ἐστάλην ὁδοῦ.
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405
ποῖ δʼ ἐμπορεύει; τῷ φέρεις τάδʼ ἔμπυρα;
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μήτηρ με πέμπει πατρὶ τυμβεῦσαι χοάς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
πῶς εἶπας; ἦ τῷ δυσμενεστάτῳ βροτῶν;
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Χρυσόθεμις
ὃν ἔκτανʼ αὐτή· τοῦτο γὰρ λέξαι θέλεις.
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ἐκ τοῦ φίλων πεισθεῖσα; τῷ τοῦτʼ ἤρεσεν;
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410
ἐκ δείματός του νυκτέρου, δοκεῖν ἐμοί;
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ὦ θεοὶ πατρῷοι, συγγένεσθέ γʼ ἀλλὰ νῦν.
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ἔχεις τι θάρσος τοῦδε τοῦ τάρβους πέρι;
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Ἠλέκτρα
εἴ μοι λέγοις τὴν ὄψιν, εἴποιμʼ ἂν τότε.
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ἀλλʼ οὐ κάτοιδα πλὴν ἐπὶ σμικρὸν φράσαι.
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415
λέγʼ ἀλλὰ τοῦτο· πολλά τοι σμικροὶ λόγοι
ἔσφηλαν ἤδη καὶ κατώρθωσαν βροτούς.
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Χρυσόθεμις
λόγος τις αὐτήν ἐστιν εἰσιδεῖν πατρὸς
τοῦ σοῦ τε κἀμοῦ δευτέραν ὁμιλίαν
ἐλθόντος ἐς φῶς· εἶτα τόνδʼ ἐφέστιον
420
πῆξαι λαβόντα σκῆπτρον οὑφόρει ποτὲ
αὐτός, τανῦν δʼ Αἴγισθος· ἐκ δὲ τοῦδʼ ἄνω
βλαστεῖν βρύοντα θαλλόν, ᾧ κατάσκιον
πᾶσαν γενέσθαι τὴν Μυκηναίων χθόνα.
τοιαῦτά του παρόντος, ἡνίχʼ Ἡλίῳ
425
δείκνυσι τοὔναρ, ἔκλυον ἐξηγουμένου.
πλείω δὲ τούτων οὐ κάτοιδα, πλὴν ὅτι
πέμπει με κείνη τοῦδε τοῦ φόβου χάριν.
πρός νυν θεῶν σε λίσσομαι τῶν ἐγγενῶν
ἐμοὶ πιθέσθαι μηδʼ ἀβουλίᾳ πεσεῖν·
430
εἰ γάρ μʼ ἀπώσει, σὺν κακῷ μέτει πάλιν.
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