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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πράξειας οὔτε τοῦ πορεύσαντος ξένου.
ἀλλʼ εἴσιθʼ εἴσω· τήνδε δʼ ἔκτοθεν βοᾶν
ἔα τά θʼ αὑτῆς καὶ τὰ τῶν φίλων κακά.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἆρʼ ὑμὶν ὡς ἀλγοῦσα κὠδυνωμένη
805
δεινῶς δακρῦσαι κἀπικωκῦσαι δοκεῖ
τὸν υἱὸν ἡ δύστηνος ὧδʼ ὀλωλότα;
ἀλλʼ ἐγγελῶσα φροῦδος· ὦ τάλαινʼ ἐγώ.
Ὀρέστα φίλταθʼ, ὥς μʼ ἀπώλεσας θανών.
ἀποσπάσας γὰρ τῆς ἐμῆς οἴχει φρενὸς
810
αἵ μοι μόναι παρῆσαν ἐλπίδων ἔτι,
σὲ πατρὸς ἥξειν ζῶντα τιμωρόν ποτε
κἀμοῦ ταλαίνης. νῦν δὲ ποῖ με χρὴ μολεῖν;
μόνη γάρ εἰμι, σοῦ τʼ ἀπεστερημένη
καὶ πατρός. ἤδη δεῖ με δουλεύειν πάλιν
815
ἐν τοῖσιν ἐχθίστοισιν ἀνθρώπων ἐμοὶ
φονεῦσι πατρός. ἆρά μοι καλῶς ἔχει;
ἀλλʼ οὔ τι μὴν ἔγωγε τοῦ λοιποῦ χρόνου
ξύνοικος, εἴσειμʼ, ἀλλὰ τῇδε πρὸς πύλῃ
παρεῖσʼ ἐμαυτὴν ἄφιλος αὐανῶ βίον.
820
πρὸς ταῦτα καινέτω τις, εἰ βαρύνεται,
τῶν ἔνδον ὄντων· ὡς χάρις μέν, ἢν κτάνῃ,
λύπη δʼ, ἐὰν ζῶ· τοῦ βίου δʼ οὐδεὶς πόθος.
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Χορός
ποῦ ποτε κεραυνοὶ Διὸς ἢ ποῦ φαέθων
825
Ἅλιος, εἰ ταῦτʼ ἐφορῶντες κρύπτουσιν ἕκηλοι;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἒ ἔ, αἰαῖ.
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Χορός
ὦ παῖ, τί δακρύεις;
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Ἠλέκτρα
φεῦ.
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Χορός
830
μηδὲν μέγʼ ἀΰσῃς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀπολεῖς.
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Χορός
πῶς;
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