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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ὅμως δʼ, ἀδελφή, σοί θʼ ὑπούργησον τάδε
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ἐμοί τʼ ἀρωγὰ τῷ τε φιλτάτῳ βροτῶν
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πάντων, ἐν Ἅιδου κειμένῳ κοινῷ πατρί.
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Χορός
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πρὸς εὐσέβειαν ἡ κόρη λέγει· σὺ δέ,
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εἰ σωφρονήσεις, ὦ φίλη, δράσεις τάδε.
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Χρυσόθεμις
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δράσω· τὸ γὰρ δίκαιον οὐχ ἔχει λόγον
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δυοῖν ἐρίζειν, ἀλλʼ ἐπισπεύδειν τὸ δρᾶν.
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πειρωμένῃ δὲ τῶνδε τῶν ἔργων ἐμοὶ
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σιγὴ παρʼ ὑμῶν, πρὸς θεῶν, ἔστω, φίλαι·
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ὡς εἰ τάδʼ ἡ τεκοῦσα πεύσεται, πικρὰν
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δοκῶ με πεῖραν τήνδε τολμήσειν ἔτι.
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Χορός
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εἰ μὴ ʼγὼ παράφρων μάντις ἔφυν καὶ γνώμας
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λειπομένα σοφᾶς,
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εἶσιν ἁ πρόμαντις
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Δίκα δίκαια φερομένα χεροῖν κράτη·
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μέτεισιν, ὦ τέκνον, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου.
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ὕπεστί μοι θάρσος,
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ἁδυπνόων κλύουσαν
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ἀρτίως ὀνειράτων.
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οὐ γάρ ποτʼ ἀμναστεῖ γʼ ὁ φύσας σʼ Ἑλλάνων ἄναξ,
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οὐδʼ ἁ παλαιὰ χαλκόπλακτος ἀμφάκης γένυς,
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ἅ νιν κατέπεφνεν αἰσχίσταις ἐν αἰκίαις.
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Χορός
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ἥξει καὶ πολύπους καὶ πολύχειρ ἁ δεινοῖς
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κρυπτομένα λόχοις
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χαλκόπους Ἐρινύς.
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ἄλεκτρʼ ἄνυμφα γὰρ ἐπέβα μιαιφόνων
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γάμων ἁμιλλήμαθʼ οἷσιν οὐ θέμις.
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πρὸ τῶνδέ τοί μʼ ἔχει
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μή ποτε μή ποθʼ ἡμῖν
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