Persians, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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ἀντίδουπον ᾄσεται,
ὀᾶ , τοῦτ᾽ ἔπος γυναικοπλη-
θὴς ὅμιλος ἀπύων,
125
βυσσίνοις δ᾽ ἐν πέπλοις πέσῃ λακίς.
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Χορός
πᾶς γὰρ ἱππηλάτας
καὶ πεδοστιβὴς λεὼς
σμῆνος ὣς ἐκλέλοιπεν μελισ-
σᾶν σὺν ὀρχάμῳ στρατοῦ,
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τὸν ἀμφίζευκτον ἐξαμείψας
ἀμφοτέρας ἅλιον
πρῶνα κοινὸν αἴας.
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Χορός
λέκτρα δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν πόθῳ
πίμπλαται δακρύμασιν:
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Περσίδες δ᾽ ἁβροπενθεῖς ἑκά-
στα πόθῳ φιλάνορι
τὸν αἰχμάεντα θοῦρον εὐνα-
τῆρ᾽ ἀποπεμψαμένα
λείπεται μονόζυξ.
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Χορός
140
ἀλλ᾽ ἄγε , Πέρσαι , τόδ᾽ ἐνεζόμενοι
στέγος ἀρχαῖον,
φροντίδα κεδνὴν καὶ βαθύβουλον
θώμεθα , χρεία δὲ προσήκει,
πῶς ἄρα πράσσει Ξέρξης βασιλεὺς
145
Δαρειογενής,
τὸ πατρωνύμιον γένος ἡμέτερον:
πότερον τόξου ῥῦμα τὸ νικῶν,
ἢ δορικράνου
λόγχης ἰσχὺς κεκράτηκεν.
150
ἀλλ᾽ ἥδε θεῶν ἴσον ὀφθαλμοῖς
φάος ὁρμᾶται μήτηρ βασιλέως,
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