Suppliant Women, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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τήνδ᾽ ἐκκαθαίρει κνωδάλων βροτοφθόρων,
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τὰ δὴ παλαιῶν αἱμάτων μιάσμασιν
χρανθεῖσ᾽ ἀνῆκε γαῖα μηνιταῖ᾽ ἄχη
δρακονθόμιλον δυσμενῆ ξυνοικίαν.
τούτων ἄκη τομαῖα καὶ λυτήρια
πράξας ἀμέμπτως Ἆπις Ἀργείᾳ χθονὶ
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μνήμην ποτ᾽ ἀντίμισθον ηὕρετ᾽ ἐν λιταῖς.
ἔχουσα δ᾽ ἤδη τἀπ᾽ ἐμοῦ τεκμήρια
γένος τ᾽ ἂν ἐξεύχοιο καὶ λέγοις πρόσω.
μακράν γε μὲν δὴ ῥῆσιν οὐ στέργει πόλις.
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Χορός
βραχὺς τορός θ᾽ ὁ μῦθος : Ἀργεῖαι γένος
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ἐξευχόμεσθα , σπέρματ᾽ εὐτέκνου βοός:
καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ πάντα προσφύσω λόγῳ.
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Βασιλεύς
ἄπιστα μυθεῖσθ᾽ , ὦ ξέναι , κλύειν ἐμοί,
ὅπως τόδ᾽ ὑμῖν ἐστιν Ἀργεῖον γένος.
Λιβυστικαῖς γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐμφερέστεραι
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γυναιξίν ἐστε κοὐδαμῶς ἐγχωρίαις.
καὶ Νεῖλος ἂν θρέψειε τοιοῦτον φυτόν,
Κύπριος χαρακτήρ τ᾽ ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις
εἰκὼς πέπληκται τεκτόνων πρὸς ἀρσένων:
τοίας τ᾽ ἀκούω νομάδας ἱπποβάμοσιν
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εἶναι καμήλοις ἀστραβιζούσας , χθόνα
παρ᾽ Αἰθίοψιν ἀστυγειτονουμένας.
καὶ τὰς ἀνάνδρους κρεοβόρους τ᾽ Ἀμαζόνας,
εἰ τοξοτευχεῖς ἦτε , κάρτ᾽ ἂν ᾔκασα
ὑμᾶς . διδαχθεὶς <δ᾽> ἂν τόδ᾽ εἰδείην πλέον,
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ὅπως γένεθλον σπέρμα τ᾽ Ἀργεῖον τὸ σόν.
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Χορός
κλῃδοῦχον Ἥρας φασὶ δωμάτων ποτὲ
Ἰὼ γενέσθαι τῇ δ᾽ ἐν Ἀργείᾳ χθονί;
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Βασιλεύς
ἦν ὡς μάλιστα , καὶ φάτις πολλὴ κρατεῖ.
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