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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πάσχοντι μῖσος ὧν τέκῃ προσγίγνεται.
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μάτην ἄρʼ ἡμεῖς, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν.
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οὔτοι μάτην γε· πῶς γὰρ ἂν μάτην λέγοις,
εἴ μοι θανόντος πίστʼ ἔχων τεκμήρια
775
προσῆλθες, ὅστις τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς γεγώς,
μαστῶν ἀποστὰς καὶ τροφῆς ἐμῆς, φυγὰς
ἀπεξενοῦτο καί μʼ, ἐπεὶ τῆσδε χθονὸς
ἐξῆλθεν, οὐκέτʼ εἶδεν, ἐγκαλῶν δέ μοι
φόνους πατρῴους δείνʼ ἐπηπείλει τελεῖν;
780
ὥστʼ οὔτε νυκτὸς ὕπνον οὔτʼ ἐξ ἡμέρας
ἐμὲ στεγάζειν ἡδύν, ἀλλʼ ὁ προστατῶν
χρόνος διῆγέ μʼ αἰὲν ὡς θανουμένην.
νῦν δʼ—ἡμέρᾳ γὰρ τῇδʼ ἀπήλλαγμαι φόβου
πρὸς τῆσδʼ ἐκείνου θʼ· ἥδε γὰρ μείζων βλάβη
785
ξύνοικος ἦν μοι, τοὐμὸν ἐκπίνουσʼ ἀεὶ
ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα—νῦν δʼ ἕκηλά που
τῶν τῆσδʼ ἀπειλῶν οὕνεχʼ ἡμερεύσομεν.
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οἴμοι τάλαινα· νῦν γὰρ οἰμῶξαι πάρα,
Ὀρέστα, τὴν σὴν ξυμφοράν, ὅθʼ ὧδʼ ἔχων
790
πρὸς τῆσδʼ ὑβρίζει μητρός. ἆρʼ ἔχει καλῶς;
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οὔτοι σύ· κεῖνος δʼ ὡς ἔχει καλῶς ἔχει.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἄκουε, Νέμεσι τοῦ θανόντος ἀρτίως.
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ἤκουσεν ὧν δεῖ κἀπεκύρωσεν καλῶς.
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ὕβριζε· νῦν γὰρ εὐτυχοῦσα τυγχάνεις.
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795
οὔκουν Ὀρέστης καὶ σὺ παύσετον τάδε.
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πεπαύμεθʼ ἡμεῖς, οὐχ ὅπως σὲ παύσομεν.
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πολλῶν ἂν ἥκοις, ὦ ξένʼ, ἄξιος τυχεῖν,
εἰ τήνδʼ ἔπαυσας τῆς πολυγλώσσου βοῆς.
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Παιδαγωγός
οὐκοῦν ἀποστείχοιμʼ ἄν, εἰ τάδʼ εὖ κυρεῖ.
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800
ἥκιστʼ· ἐπείπερ οὔτʼ ἐμοῦ κατάξιʼ ἂν
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