Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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θεοῦ τ᾽ ἐφετμαὶ καὶ πατρὸς πένθος μέγα,
καὶ πρὸς πιέζει χρημάτων ἀχηνία,
τὸ μὴ πολίτας εὐκλεεστάτους βροτῶν,
Τροίας ἀναστατῆρας εὐδόξῳ φρενί,
δυοῖν γυναικοῖν ὧδ᾽ ὑπηκόους πέλειν.
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θήλεια γὰρ φρήν : εἰ δὲ μή , τάχ᾽ εἴσεται.
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Χορός
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ μεγάλαι Μοῖραι , Διόθεν
τῇδε τελευτᾶν,
τὸ δίκαιον μεταβαίνει.
ἀντὶ μὲν ἐχθρᾶς γλώσσης ἐχθρὰ
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γλῶσσα τελείσθω : τοὐφειλόμενον
πράσσουσα Δίκη μέγ᾽ ἀυτεῖ:
ἀντὶ δὲ πληγῆς φονίας φονίαν
πληγὴν τινέτω . δράσαντι παθεῖν,
τριγέρων μῦθος τάδε φωνεῖ.
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Ὀρέστης
315
ὦ πάτερ αἰνόπατερ , τί σοι
φάμενος ἢ τί ῥέξας
τύχοιμ᾽ ἂν ἕκαθεν οὐρίσας,
ἔνθα σ᾽ ἔχουσιν εὐναί,
σκότῳ φάος ἀντίμοι-
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ρον ; χάριτες δ᾽ ὁμοίως
κέκληνται γόος εὐκλεὴς
προσθοδόμοις Ἀτρείδαις.
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Χορός
τέκνον , φρόνημα τοῦ
θανόντος οὐ δαμάζει
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πυρὸς [ ἡ ] μαλερὰ γνάθος,
φαίνει δ᾽ ὕστερον ὀργάς:
ὀτοτύζεται δ᾽ ὁ θνῄσκων,
ἀναφαίνεται δ᾽ ὁ βλάπτων.
πατέρων τε καὶ τεκόντων
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