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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ἄτερ ἐμᾶν χερῶν
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Χορός
παπαῖ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
κέκευθεν, οὔτε του τάφου ἀντιάσας
870
οὔτε γόων παρʼ ἡμῶν.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ὑφʼ ἡδονῆς τοι, φιλτάτη, διώκομαι
τὸ κόσμιον μεθεῖσα σὺν τάχει μολεῖν·
φέρω γὰρ ἡδονάς τε κἀνάπαυλαν ὧν
πάροιθεν εἶχες καὶ κατέστενες κακῶν
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Ἠλέκτρα
875
πόθεν δʼ ἂν εὕροις τῶν ἐμῶν σὺ πημάτων
ἄρηξιν, οἷς ἴασιν οὐκ ἔνεστʼ ἰδεῖν;
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Χρυσόθεμις
πάρεστʼ Ὀρέστης ἡμίν, ἴσθι τοῦτʼ ἐμοῦ
κλύουσʼ, ἐναργῶς, ὥσπερ εἰσορᾷς ἐμέ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ ἦ μέμηνας, ὦ τάλαινα, κἀπὶ τοῖς
880
σαυτῆς κακοῖσι κἀπὶ τοῖς ἐμοῖς γελᾷς;
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Χρυσόθεμις
μὰ τὴν πατρῴαν ἑστίαν, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὕβρει
λέγω τάδʼ, ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνον ὡς παρόντα νῷν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
οἴμοι τάλαινα· καὶ τίνος βροτῶν λόγον
τόνδʼ εἰσακούσασʼ ὧδε πιστεύεις ἄγαν;
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Χρυσόθεμις
885
ἐγὼ μὲν ἐξ ἐμοῦ τε κοὐκ ἄλλης, σαφῆ
σημεῖʼ ἰδοῦσα, τῷδε πιστεύω λόγῳ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
τίνʼ, ὦ τάλαινʼ, ἔχουσα πίστιν; ἐς τί μοι
βλέψασα θάλπει τῷδʼ ἀνηκέστῳ πυρί;
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Χρυσόθεμις
πρός νυν θεῶν ἄκουσον, ὡς μαθοῦσά μου
890
τὸ λοιπὸν ἢ φρονοῦσαν ἢ μωρὰν λέγῃς.
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Ἠλέκτρα
σὺ δʼ οὖν λέγʼ, εἴ σοι τῷ λόγῳ τις ἡδονή.
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Χρυσόθεμις
καὶ δὴ λέγω σοι πᾶν ὅσον κατειδόμην.
ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἦλθον πατρὸς ἀρχαῖον τάφον,
ὁρῶ κολώνης ἐξ ἄκρας νεορρύτους
895
πηγὰς γάλακτος καὶ περιστεφῆ κύκλῳ
πάντων ὅσʼ ἐστὶν ἀνθέων θήκην πατρός.
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