Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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μόχθος δ᾽ ὁ μὲν αὐτίχ᾽ , ὁ δ᾽ ἥξει.
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Ὀρέστης
ἀλλ᾽ , ὡς ἂν εἰδῆτ᾽ , οὐ γὰρ οἶδ᾽ ὅπη τελεῖ,
ὥσπερ ξὺν ἵπποις ἡνιοστροφῶ δρόμου
ἐξωτέρω : φέρουσι γὰρ νικώμενον
φρένες δύσαρκτοι : πρὸς δὲ καρδίᾳ φόβος
1025
ᾄδειν ἕτοιμος ἠδ᾽ ὑπορχεῖσθαι κότῳ.
ἕως δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἔμφρων εἰμί , κηρύσσω φίλοις
κτανεῖν τέ φημι μητέρ᾽ οὐκ ἄνευ δίκης,
πατροκτόνον μίασμα καὶ θεῶν στύγος.
καὶ φίλτρα τόλμης τῆσδε πλειστηρίζομαι
1030
τὸν πυθόμαντιν Λοξίαν , χρήσαντ᾽ ἐμοὶ
πράξαντι μὲν ταῦτ᾽ ἐκτὸς αἰτίας κακῆς
εἶναι , παρέντα δ᾽ — οὐκ ἐρῶ τὴν ζημίαν:
τόξῳ γὰρ οὔτις πημάτων ἐφίξεται.
καὶ νῦν ὁρᾶτέ μ᾽ , ὡς παρεσκευασμένος
1035
ξὺν τῷδε θαλλῷ καὶ στέφει προσίξομαι
μεσόμφαλόν θ᾽ ἵδρυμα , Λοξίου πέδον,
πυρός τε φέγγος ἄφθιτον κεκλημένον,
φεύγων τόδ᾽ αἷμα κοινόν : οὐδ᾽ ἐφ᾽ ἑστίαν
ἄλλην τραπέσθαι Λοξίας ἐφίετο.
καὶ μαρτυρεῖν μὲν ὡς ἐπορσύνθη κακὰ
1040
τάδ᾽ ἐν χρόνῳ μοι πάντας Ἀργείους λέγω:
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἀλήτης τῆσδε γῆς ἀπόξενος,
ζῶν καὶ τεθνηκὼς τάσδε κληδόνας λιπών.
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Χορός
ἀλλ᾽ εὖ γ᾽ ἔπραξας , μηδ᾽ ἐπιζευχθῇς στόμα
1045
φήμῃ πονηρᾷ μηδ᾽ ἐπιγλωσσῶ κακά,
ἐλευθερώσας πᾶσαν Ἀργείων πόλιν,
δυοῖν δρακόντοιν εὐπετῶς τεμὼν κάρα.
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Ὀρέστης
ἆ , ἆ.
δμωαὶ γυναῖκες , αἵδε Γοργόνων δίκην
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