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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ὁπόταν δνοφερὰ νὺξ ὑπολειφθῇ·
τὰ δὲ παννυχίδων ἤδη στυγεραὶ
ξυνίσασʼ εὐναὶ μογερῶν οἴκων,
ὅσα τὸν δύστηνον ἐμὸν θρηνῶ
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πατέρʼ, ὃν κατὰ μὲν βάρβαρον αἶαν
φοίνιος Ἄρης οὐκ ἐξένισεν,
μήτηρ δʼ ἡμὴ χὠ κοινολεχὴς
Αἴγισθος ὅπως δρῦν ὑλοτόμοι
σχίζουσι κάρα φονίῳ πελέκει,
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κοὐδεὶς τούτων οἶκτος ἀπʼ ἄλλης
ἢ ʼμοῦ φέρεται, σοῦ, πάτερ, οὕτως
αἰκῶς οἰκτρῶς τε θανόντος.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἀλλʼ οὐ μὲν δὴ
λήξω θρήνων στυγερῶν τε γόων,
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ἔστʼ ἂν παμφεγγεῖς ἄστρων
ῥιπάς, λεύσσω δὲ τόδʼ ἦμαρ,
μὴ οὐ τεκνολέτειρʼ ὥς τις ἀηδὼν
ἐπὶ κωκυτῷ τῶνδε πατρῴων
πρὸ θυρῶν ἠχὼ πᾶσι προφωνεῖν.
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ὦ δῶμʼ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης,
ὦ χθόνιʼ Ἑρμῆ καὶ πότνιʼ Ἀρὰ
σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες,
αἳ τοὺς ἀδίκως θνῄσκοντας ὁρᾶθʼ,
αἳ τοὺς εὐνὰς ὑποκλεπτομένους,
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ἔλθετʼ, ἀρήξατε, τίσασθε πατρὸς
φόνον ἡμετέρου,
καί μοι τὸν ἐμὸν πέμψατʼ ἀδελφόν·
μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ
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λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος.
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Χορός
ὦ παῖ, παῖ δυστανοτάτας
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