Seven Against Thebes, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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παλινστομεῖς αὖ θιγγάνουσ᾽ ἀγαλμάτων;
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Χορός
ἀψυχίᾳ γὰρ γλῶσσαν ἁρπάζει φόβος.
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Ἐτεοκλής
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αἰτουμένῳ μοι κοῦφον εἰ δοίης τέλος.
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Χορός
λέγοις ἂν ὡς τάχιστα , καὶ τάχ᾽ εἴσομαι.
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Ἐτεοκλής
σίγησον , ὦ τάλαινα , μὴ φίλους φόβει.
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Χορός
σιγῶ : σὺν ἄλλοις πείσομαι τὸ μόρσιμον.
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Ἐτεοκλής
τοῦτ᾽ ἀντ᾽ ἐκείνων τοὔπος αἱροῦμαι σέθεν.
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καὶ πρός γε τούτοις , ἐκτὸς οὖσ᾽ ἀγαλμάτων,
εὔχου τὰ κρείσσω , ξυμμάχους εἶναι θεούς:
κἀμῶν ἀκούσασ᾽ εὐγμάτων , ἔπειτα σὺ
ὀλολυγμὸν ἱερὸν εὐμενῆ παιώνισον,
Ἑλληνικὸν νόμισμα θυστάδος βοῆς,
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θάρσος φίλοις , λύουσα πολέμιον φόβον.
ἐγὼ δὲ χώρας τοῖς πολισσούχοις θεοῖς,
πεδιονόμοις τε κἀγορᾶς ἐπισκόποις,
Δίρκης τε πηγαῖς , ὕδατί τ᾽ Ἰσμηνοῦ λέγω
εὖ ξυντυχόντων καὶ πόλεως σεσωμένης,
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μήλοισιν αἱμάσσοντας ἑστίας θεῶν,
[ ταυροκτονοῦντας θεοῖσιν , ὧδ᾽ ἐπεύχομαι]
θύσειν τροπαῖα , δαΐων δ᾽ ἐσθήματα,
στέψω λάφυρα δουρίπληχθ᾽ ἁγνοῖς δόμοις.
[ στέψω πρὸ ναῶν , πολεμίων δ᾽ ἐσθήματα . †]
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τοιαῦτ᾽ ἐπεύχου μὴ φιλοστόνως θεοῖς,
μηδ᾽ ἐν ματαίοις κἀγρίοις ποιφύγμασιν:
οὐ γάρ τι μᾶλλον μὴ φύγῃς τὸ μόρσιμον.
ἐγὼ δέ γ᾽ ἄνδρας ἓξ ἐμοὶ σὺν ἑβδόμῳ
ἀντηρέτας ἐχθροῖσι τὸν μέγαν τρόπον
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εἰς ἑπτατειχεῖς ἐξόδους τάξω μολών,
πρὶν ἀγγέλους σπερχνούς τε καὶ ταχυρρόθους
λόγους ἱκέσθαι καὶ φλέγειν χρείας ὕπο.
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