Suppliant Women, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἄλλα Κτησίου Διὸς χάριν:
καὶ γλῶσσα τοξεύσασα μὴ τὰ καίρια,
γένοιτο μύθου μῦθος ἂν θελκτήριος
[ ἀλγεινὰ θυμοῦ κάρτα κινητήρια].
ὅπως δ᾽ ὅμαιμον αἷμα μὴ γενήσεται,
450
δεῖ κάρτα θύειν καὶ πεσεῖν χρηστήρια
θεοῖσι πολλοῖς πολλά , πημονῆς ἄκη.
ἦ κάρτα νείκους τοῦδ᾽ ἔσω παροίχομαι
θέλω δ᾽ ἄιδρις μᾶλλον ἢ σοφὸς κακῶν
εἶναι . γένοιτο δ᾽ εὖ παρὰ γνώμην ἐμήν.
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Χορός
455
πολλῶν ἄκουσον τέρματ᾽ αἰδοίων λόγων.
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Βασιλεύς
ἤκουσα , καὶ λέγοις ἄν . οὔ με φεύξεται.
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Χορός
ἔχω στρόφους ζώνας τε , συλλαβὰς πέπλων
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Βασιλεύς
τάχ᾽ ἂν γυναιξὶ ταῦτα συμπρεπῆ πέλοι.
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Χορός
ἐκ τῶνδε τοίνυν , ἴσθι , μηχανὴ καλή—
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Βασιλεύς
460
λέξον τίν᾽ αὐδὴν τήνδε γηρυθεῖσ᾽ ἔσῃ.
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Χορός
εἰ μή τι πιστὸν τῷδ᾽ ὑποστήσεις στόλῳ—
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Βασιλεύς
τί σοι περαίνει μηχανὴ συζωμάτων;
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Χορός
νέοις πίναξι βρέτεα κοσμῆσαι τάδε.
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Βασιλεύς
αἰνιγματῶδες τοὔπος : ἀλλ᾽ ἁπλῶς φράσον.
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Χορός
465
ἐκ τῶνδ᾽ ὅπως τάχιστ᾽ ἀπάγξασθαι θεῶν.
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Βασιλεύς
ἤκουσα μαστικτῆρα καρδίας λόγον.
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Χορός
ξυνῆκας : ὠμμάτωσα γὰρ σαφέστερον.
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Βασιλεύς
καὶ πολλαχῇ γε δυσπάλαιστα πράγματα,
κακῶν δὲ πλῆθος ποταμὸς ὣς ἐπέρχεται:
470
ἄτης δ᾽ ἄβυσσον πέλαγος οὐ μάλ᾽ εὔπορον
τόδ᾽ ἐσβέβηκα , κοὐδαμοῦ λιμὴν κακῶν.
εἰ μὲν γὰρ ὑμῖν μὴ τόδ᾽ ἐκπράξω χρέος,
μίασμ᾽ ἔλεξας οὐχ ὑπερτοξεύσιμον.
εἰ δ᾽ αὖθ᾽ ὁμαίμοις παισὶν Αἰγύπτου σέθεν
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