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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αἰσχροῖς γὰρ αἰσχρὰ πράγματʼ ἐκδιδάσκεται.
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ὦ θρέμμʼ ἀναιδές, ἦ σʼ ἐγὼ καὶ τἄμʼ ἔπη
καὶ τἄργα τἀμὰ πόλλʼ ἄγαν λέγειν ποεῖ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
σύ τοι λέγεις νιν, οὐκ ἐγώ· σὺ γὰρ ποεῖς
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τοὔργον· τὰ δʼ ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται.
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ἀλλʼ οὐ μὰ τὴν δέσποιναν Ἄρτεμιν θράσους
τοῦδʼ οὐκ ἀλύξεις, εὖτʼ ἂν Αἴγισθος μόλῃ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ὁρᾷς; πρὸς ὀργὴν ἐκφέρει, μεθεῖσά μοι
λέγειν ἃ χρῄζοιμʼ, οὐδʼ ἐπίστασαι κλύειν.
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630
οὔκουν ἐάσεις οὐδʼ ὑπʼ εὐφήμου βοῆς
θῦσαί μʼ, ἐπειδὴ σοί γʼ ἐφῆκα πᾶν λέγειν;
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ἐῶ, κελεύω, θῦε· μηδʼ ἐπαιτιῶ
τοὐμὸν στόμʼ, ὡς οὐκ ἂν πέρα λέξαιμʼ ἔτι.
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ἔπαιρε δὴ σὺ θύμαθʼ ἡ παροῦσά μοι
635
πάγκαρπʼ, ἄνακτι τῷδʼ ὅπως λυτηρίους
εὐχὰς ἀνάσχω δειμάτων, ἃ νῦν ἔχω.
κλύοις ἂν ἤδη, Φοῖβε προστατήριε,
κεκρυμμένην μου βάξιν· οὐ γὰρ ἐν φίλοις
ὁ μῦθος, οὐδὲ πᾶν ἀναπτύξαι πρέπει
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πρὸς φῶς παρούσης τῆσδε πλησίας ἐμοί,
μὴ σὺν φθόνῳ τε καὶ πολυγλώσσῳ βοῇ
σπείρῃ ματαίαν βάξιν εἰς πᾶσαν πόλιν.
ἀλλʼ ὧδʼ ἄκουε· τῇδε γὰρ κἀγὼ φράσω.
ἃ γὰρ προσεῖδον νυκτὶ τῇδε φάσματα
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δισσῶν ὀνείρων, ταῦτά μοι, Λύκειʼ ἄναξ,
εἰ μὲν πέφηνεν ἐσθλά, δὸς τελεσφόρα,
εἰ δʼ ἐχθρά, τοῖς ἐχθροῖσιν ἔμπαλιν μέθες·
καὶ μή με πλούτου τοῦ παρόντος εἴ τινες
δόλοισι βουλεύουσιν ἐκβαλεῖν, ἐφῇς,
650
ἀλλʼ ὧδέ μʼ αἰεὶ ζῶσαν ἀβλαβεῖ βίῳ
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