Persians, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
785
ἅπαντες ἡμεῖς , οἳ κράτη τάδ᾽ ἔσχομεν,
οὐκ ἂν φανεῖμεν πήματ᾽ ἔρξαντες τόσα.
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Χορός
τί οὖν , ἄναξ Δαρεῖε , ποῖ καταστρέφεις
λόγων τελευτήν ; πῶς ἂν ἐκ τούτων ἔτι
πράσσοιμεν ὡς ἄριστα Περσικὸς λεώς;
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Δαρεῖος
790
εἰ μὴ στρατεύοισθ᾽ ἐς τὸν Ἑλλήνων τόπον,
μηδ᾽ εἰ στράτευμα πλεῖον τὸ Μηδικόν.
αὐτὴ γὰρ γῆ ξύμμαχος κείνοις πέλει.
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Χορός
πῶς τοῦτ᾽ ἔλεξας , τίνι τρόπῳ δὲ συμμαχεῖ;
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Δαρεῖος
κτείνουσα λιμῷ τοὺς ὑπερπόλλους ἄγαν.
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Χορός
795
ἀλλ᾽ εὐσταλῆ τοι λεκτὸν ἀροῦμεν στόλον.
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Δαρεῖος
ἀλλ᾽ οὐδ᾽ μείνας νῦν ἐν Ἑλλάδος τόποις
στρατὸς κυρήσει νοστίμου σωτηρίας.
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Χορός
πῶς εἶπας ; οὐ γὰρ πᾶν στράτευμα βαρβάρων
περᾷ τὸν Ἕλλης πορθμὸν Εὐρώπης ἄπο;
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Δαρεῖος
800
παῦροι γε πολλῶν , εἴ τι πιστεῦσαι θεῶν
χρὴ θεσφάτοισιν , ἐς τὰ νῦν πεπραγμένα
βλέψαντα : συμβαίνει γὰρ οὐ τὰ μέν , τὰ δ᾽ οὔ.
κεἴπερ τάδ᾽ ἐστί , πλῆθος ἔκκριτον στρατοῦ
λείπει κεναῖσιν ἐλπίσιν πεπεισμένος.
805
μίμνουσι δ᾽ ἔνθα πεδίον Ἀσωπὸς ῥοαῖς
ἄρδει , φίλον πίασμα Βοιωτῶν χθονί:
οὗ σφιν κακῶν ὕψιστ᾽ ἐπαμμένει παθεῖν,
ὕβρεως ἄποινα κἀθέων φρονημάτων:
οἳ γῆν μολόντες Ἑλλάδ᾽ οὐ θεῶν βρέτη
810
ᾐδοῦντο συλᾶν οὐδὲ πιμπράναι νεώς:
βωμοὶ δ᾽ ἄιστοι , δαιμόνων θ᾽ ἱδρύματα
πρόρριζα φύρδην ἐξανέστραπται βάθρων.
τοιγὰρ κακῶς δράσαντες οὐκ ἐλάσσονα
πάσχουσι , τὰ δὲ μέλλουσι , κοὐδέπω κακῶν
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