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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τὴν σὴν ὅμαιμον μοῦνος Ἑλλήνων ἔτλη
θῦσαι θεοῖσιν, οὐκ ἴσον καμὼν ἐμοὶ
λύπης, ὅς ἔσπειρʼ, ὥσπερ ἡ τίκτουσʼ ἐγώ.
εἶεν, δίδαξον δή με τοῦ χάριν, τίνων
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ἔθυσεν αὐτήν· πότερον Ἀργείων ἐρεῖς;
ἀλλʼ οὐ μετῆν αὐτοῖσι τήν γʼ ἐμὴν κτανεῖν.
ἀλλʼ ἀντʼ ἀδελφοῦ δῆτα Μενέλεω κτανὼν
τἄμʼ, οὐκ ἔμελλε τῶνδέ μοι δώσειν δίκην;
πότερον ἐκείνῳ παῖδες οὐκ ἦσαν διπλοῖ,
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οὓς τῆσδε μᾶλλον εἰκὸς ἦν θνῄσκειν, πατρὸς
καὶ μητρὸς ὄντας, ἧς ὁ πλοῦς ὅδʼ ἦν χάριν;
ἢ τῶν ἐμῶν Ἅιδης τινʼ ἵμερον τέκνων
ἢ τῶν ἐκείνης ἔσχε δαίσασθαι πλέον;
ἢ τῷ πανώλει πατρὶ τῶν μὲν ἐξ ἐμοῦ
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παίδων πόθος παρεῖτο, Μενέλεω δʼ ἐνῆν;
οὐ ταῦτʼ ἀβούλου καὶ κακοῦ γνώμην πατρός;
δοκῶ μέν, εἰ καὶ σῆς δίχα γνώμης λέγω·
φαίη δʼ ἂν ἡ θανοῦσά γʼ, εἰ φωνὴν λάβοι.
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν οὐκ εἰμὶ τοῖς πεπραγμένοις
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δύσθυμος· εἰ δὲ σοὶ δοκῶ φρονεῖν κακῶς,
γνώμην δικαίαν σχοῦσα τοὺς πέλας ψέγε.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἐρεῖς μὲν οὐχὶ νῦν γέ μʼ ὡς ἄρξασά τι
λυπηρὸν εἶτα σοῦ τάδʼ ἐξήκουσʼ ὕπο·
ἀλλʼ ἢν ἐφῇς μοι, τοῦ τεθνηκότος θʼ ὕπερ
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λέξαιμʼ ἂν ὀρθῶς τῆς κασιγνήτης θʼ ὁμοῦ.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
καὶ μὴν ἐφίημʼ· εἰ δέ μʼ ὧδʼ ἀεὶ λόγους
ἐξῆρχες, οὐκ ἂν ἦσθα λυπηρὰ κλύειν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
καὶ δὴ λέγω σοι. πατέρα φὴς κτεῖναι. τίς ἂν
τούτου λόγος γένοιτʼ ἂν αἰσχίων ἔτι,
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εἴτʼ οὖν δικαίως εἴτε μή; λέξω δέ σοι
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