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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πῶς ταῦτʼ ἐπαινέσαιμʼ ἄν; ἢ καὶ ταῦτʼ ἐρεῖς
ὡς τῆς θυγατρὸς ἀντίποινα λαμβάνεις;
αἰσχρῶς δʼ, ἐάν περ καὶ λέγῃς· οὐ γὰρ καλὸν
ἐχθροῖς γαμεῖσθαι τῆς θυγατρὸς οὕνεκα.
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ἀλλʼ οὐ γὰρ οὐδὲ νουθετεῖν ἔξεστί σε,
ἣ πᾶσαν ἵης γλῶσσαν ὡς τὴν μητέρα
κακοστομοῦμεν. καί σʼ ἔγωγε δεσπότιν
ἢ μητέρʼ οὐκ ἔλασσον εἰς ἡμᾶς νέμω,
ἣ ζῶ βίον μοχθηρόν, ἔκ τε σοῦ κακοῖς
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πολλοῖς ἀεὶ ξυνοῦσα τοῦ τε συννόμου·
ὃ δʼ ἄλλος ἔξω, χεῖρα σὴν μόλις φυγών,
τλήμων Ὀρέστης δυστυχῆ τρίβει βίον·
ὃν πολλὰ δή με σοὶ τρέφειν μιάστορα
ἐπῃτιάσω· καὶ τόδʼ, εἴπερ ἔσθενον,
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ἔδρων ἄν, εὖ τοῦτʼ ἴσθι· τοῦδέ γʼ οὕνεκα
κήρυσσέ μʼ εἰς ἅπαντας, εἴτε χρῇς κακὴν
εἴτε στόμαργον εἴτʼ ἀναιδείας πλέαν.
εἰ γὰρ πέφυκα τῶνδε τῶν ἔργων ἴδρις,
σχεδόν τι τὴν σὴν οὐ καταισχύνω φύσιν.
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Χορός
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ὁρῶ μένος πνέουσαν· εἰ δὲ σὺν δίκῃ
ξύνεστι, τοῦδε φροντίδʼ οὐκέτʼ εἰσορῶ.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
ποίας δʼ ἐμοὶ δεῖ πρός γε τήνδε φροντίδος,
ἥτις τοιαῦτα τὴν τεκοῦσαν ὕβρισεν,
καὶ ταῦτα τηλικοῦτος; ἆρά σοι δοκεῖ
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χωρεῖν ἂν εἰς πᾶν ἔργον αἰσχύνης ἄτερ;
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Ἠλέκτρα
εὖ νυν ἐπίστω τῶνδέ μʼ αἰσχύνην ἔχειν,
κεἰ μὴ δοκῶ σοι· μανθάνω δʼ ὁθούνεκα
ἔξωρα πράσσω κοὐκ ἐμοὶ προσεικότα.
ἀλλʼ ἡ γὰρ ἐκ σοῦ δυσμένεια καὶ τὰ σὰ
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ἔργʼ ἐξαναγκάζει με ταῦτα δρᾶν βίᾳ·
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