Suppliant Women, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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πόλις γέρονθ᾽ , ἡβῶντα δ᾽ εὐγλώσσῳ φρενί.
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Χορός
ἰὼ γᾶ βοῦνι , πάνδικον σέβας,
τί πεισόμεσθα ; ποῖ φύγωμεν Ἀπίας
χθονός , κελαινὸν εἴ τι κεῦθός ἐστί που;
μέλας γενοίμαν καπνὸς
780
νέφεσσι γειτονῶν Διός:
τὸ πᾶν δ᾽ ἄφαντος
ἀμπετὴς ἀιδνὸς ὡς
κόνις ἄτερθε πτερύγων ὀλοίμαν.
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Χορός
ἄφυκτον δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἂν πέλοι κακόν:
785
κελαινόχρως δὲ πάλλεταί μου καρδία.
πατρὸς σκοπαὶ δέ μ᾽ εἷλον : οἴχομαι φόβῳ.
θέλοιμι δ᾽ ἂν μορσίμου
βρόχου τυχεῖν ἐν ἀρτάναις,
πρὶν ἄνδρ᾽ ἀπευκτὸν
790
τῷδε χριμφθῆναι χροΐ.
πρόπαρ θανούσας <δ᾽> Ἀίδας ἀνάσσοι.
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Χορός
πόθεν δέ μοι γένοιτ᾽ ἂν αἰθέρος θρόνος,
πρὸς ὃν νέφη μυδηλὰ γίγνεται χιών,
ἢ λισσὰς αἰγίλιψ ἀπρόσ-
795
δεικτος οἰόφρων κρεμὰς
γυπιὰς πέτρα , βαθὺ
πτῶμα μαρτυροῦσά μοι,
πρὶν δαΐκτορος βίᾳ
καρδίας γάμου κυρῆσαι;
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Χορός
800
κυσὶν δ᾽ ἔπειθ᾽ ἕλωρα κἀπιχωρίοις
ὄρνισι δεῖπνον οὐκ ἀναίνομαι πέλειν:
τὸ γὰρ θανεῖν ἐλευθεροῦ-
ται φιλαιάκτων κακῶν . [ ἐλθέτω]
ἐλθέτω μόρος , πρὸ κοί-
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