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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τοῦ πλησίον παρόντος, ἡνίκʼ ὤλλυτο.
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Χρυσόθεμις
καὶ ποῦ ʼστιν οὗτος; θαῦμά τοί μʼ ὑπέρχεται.
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Ἠλέκτρα
κατʼ οἶκον, ἡδὺς οὐδὲ μητρὶ δυσχερής.
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Χρυσόθεμις
930
οἴμοι τάλαινα· τοῦ γὰρ ἀνθρώπων ποτʼ ἦν
τὰ πολλὰ πατρὸς πρὸς τάφον κτερίσματα;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οἶμαι μάλιστʼ ἔγωγε τοῦ τεθνηκότος
μνημεῖʼ Ὀρέστου ταῦτα προσθεῖναί τινα.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ὦ δυστυχής· ἐγὼ δὲ σὺν χαρᾷ λόγους
935
τοιούσδʼ ἔχουσʼ ἔσπευδον, οὐκ εἰδυῖʼ ἄρα
ἵνʼ ἦμεν ἄτης· ἀλλὰ νῦν, ὅθʼ ἱκόμην,
τά τʼ ὄντα πρόσθεν ἄλλα θʼ εὑρίσκω κακά.
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὕτως ἔχει σοι ταῦτʼ· ἐὰν δέ μοι πίθῃ,
τῆς νῦν παρούσης πημονῆς λύσεις βάρος.
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Χρυσόθεμις
940
ἦ τοὺς θανόντας ἐξαναστήσω ποτέ;
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Ἠλέκτρα
οὐκ ἔσθʼ ὅ γʼ εἶπον· οὐ γὰρ ὧδʼ ἄφρων ἔφυν.
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Χρυσόθεμις
τί γὰρ κελεύεις ὧν ἐγὼ φερέγγυος;
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Ἠλέκτρα
τλῆναί σε δρῶσαν ἃν ἐγὼ παραινέσω.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ἀλλʼ εἴ τις ὠφέλειά γʼ, οὐκ ἀπώσομαι.
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Ἠλέκτρα
945
ὅρα, πόνου τοι χωρὶς οὐδὲν εὐτυχεῖ.
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Χρυσόθεμις
ὁρῶ. ξυνοίσω πᾶν ὅσονπερ ἂν σθένω.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἄκουε δή νυν ᾗ βεβούλευμαι ποεῖν.
παρουσίαν μὲν οἶσθα καὶ σύ που φίλων
ὡς οὔτις ἡμῖν ἔστιν, ἀλλʼ Ἅιδης λαβὼν
950
ἀπεστέρηκε καὶ μόνα λελείμμεθον.
ἐγὼ δʼ ἕως μὲν τὸν κασίγνητον βίῳ
θάλλοντʼ ἔτʼ εἰσήκουον, εἶχον ἐλπίδας
φόνου ποτʼ αὐτὸν πράκτορʼ ἵξεσθαι πατρός·
νῦν δʼ ἡνίκʼ οὐκέτʼ ἔστιν, εἰς σὲ δὴ βλέπω,
955
ὅπως τὸν αὐτόχειρα πατρῴου φόνου
ξὺν τῇδʼ ἀδελφῇ μὴ κατοκνήσεις κτανεῖν
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