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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ἰδοῦσα δʼ ἔσχον θαῦμα, καὶ περισκοπῶ
μή πού τις ἡμῖν ἐγγὺς ἐγχρίμπτῃ βροτῶν.
ὡς δʼ ἐν γαλήνῃ πάντʼ ἐδερκόμην τόπον,
900
τύμβου προσεῖρπον ἆσσον· ἐσχάτης δʼ ὁρῶ
πυρᾶς νεώρη βόστρυχον τετμημένον·
κεὐθὺς τάλαινʼ ὡς εἶδον, ἐμπαίει τί μοι
ψυχῇ σύνηθες ὄμμα, φιλτάτου βροτῶν
πάντων Ὀρέστου τοῦθʼ ὁρᾶν τεκμήριον·
905
καὶ χερσὶ βαστάσασα δυσφημῶ μὲν οὔ,
χαρᾷ δὲ πίμπλημʼ εὐθὺς ὄμμα δακρύων.
καὶ νῦν θʼ ὁμοίως καὶ τότʼ ἐξεπίσταμαι
μή του τόδʼ ἀγλάϊσμα πλὴν κείνου μολεῖν·
τῷ γὰρ προσήκει πλήν γʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ σοῦ τόδε;
910
κἀγὼ μὲν οὐκ ἔδρασα, τοῦτʼ ἐπίσταμαι,
οὐδʼ αὖ σύ· πῶς γάρ; ᾗ γε μηδὲ πρὸς θεοὺς
ἔξεστʼ ἀκλαύστῳ τῆσδʼ ἀποστῆναι στέγης.
ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ μὲν δὴ μητρὸς οὔθʼ ὁ νοῦς φιλεῖ
τοιαῦτα πράσσειν οὔτε δρῶσʼ ἐλάνθανʼ ἄν·
915
ἀλλʼ ἔστʼ Ὀρέστου ταῦτα τἀπιτύμβια.
ἀλλʼ, ὦ φίλη, θάρσυνε· τοῖς αὐτοῖσί τοι
οὐχ αὑτὸς αἰεὶ δαιμόνων παραστατεῖ.
νῷν ἦν τὰ πρόσθεν στυγνός· ἡ δὲ νῦν ἴσως
πολλῶν ὑπάρξει κῦρος ἡμέρα καλῶν.
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Ἠλέκτρα
920
φεῦ, τῆς ἀνοίας ὥς σʼ ἐποικτίρω πάλαι.
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Χρυσόθεμις
τί δʼ ἔστιν; οὐ πρὸς ἡδονὴν λέγω τάδε;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὐκ οἶσθʼ ὅποι γῆς οὐδʼ ὅποι γνώμης φέρει.
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Χρυσόθεμις
πῶς δʼ οὐκ ἐγὼ κάτοιδʼ ἅ γʼ εἶδον ἐμφανῶς;
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Ἠλέκτρα
τέθνηκεν, ὦ τάλαινα, τἀκείνου δέ σοι
925
σωτήριʼ ἔρρει· μηδὲν εἰς κεῖνόν γʼ ὅρα.
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Χρυσόθεμις
οἴμοι τάλαινα· τοῦ τάδʼ ἤκουσας βροτῶν;
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