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
ἐμοί τʼ ἀρωγὰ τῷ τε φιλτάτῳ βροτῶν
πάντων, ἐν Ἅιδου κειμένῳ κοινῷ πατρί.
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Χορός
πρὸς εὐσέβειαν ἡ κόρη λέγει· σὺ δέ,
465
εἰ σωφρονήσεις, ὦ φίλη, δράσεις τάδε.
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Χρυσόθεμις
δράσω· τὸ γὰρ δίκαιον οὐχ ἔχει λόγον
δυοῖν ἐρίζειν, ἀλλʼ ἐπισπεύδειν τὸ δρᾶν.
πειρωμένῃ δὲ τῶνδε τῶν ἔργων ἐμοὶ
σιγὴ παρʼ ὑμῶν, πρὸς θεῶν, ἔστω, φίλαι·
470
ὡς εἰ τάδʼ ἡ τεκοῦσα πεύσεται, πικρὰν
δοκῶ με πεῖραν τήνδε τολμήσειν ἔτι.
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Χορός
εἰ μὴ ʼγὼ παράφρων μάντις ἔφυν καὶ γνώμας
λειπομένα σοφᾶς,
εἶσιν ἁ πρόμαντις
475
Δίκα δίκαια φερομένα χεροῖν κράτη·
μέτεισιν, ὦ τέκνον, οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου.
ὕπεστί μοι θάρσος,
480
ἁδυπνόων κλύουσαν
ἀρτίως ὀνειράτων.
οὐ γάρ ποτʼ ἀμναστεῖ γʼ ὁ φύσας σʼ Ἑλλάνων ἄναξ,
485
οὐδʼ ἁ παλαιὰ χαλκόπλακτος ἀμφάκης γένυς,
ἅ νιν κατέπεφνεν αἰσχίσταις ἐν αἰκίαις.
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Χορός
ἥξει καὶ πολύπους καὶ πολύχειρ ἁ δεινοῖς
490
κρυπτομένα λόχοις
χαλκόπους Ἐρινύς.
ἄλεκτρʼ ἄνυμφα γὰρ ἐπέβα μιαιφόνων
γάμων ἁμιλλήμαθʼ οἷσιν οὐ θέμις.
495
πρὸ τῶνδέ τοί μʼ ἔχει
μή ποτε μή ποθʼ ἡμῖν
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