Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
Made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
XML: Passage Full Text
390
ποτᾶται ; πάροιθεν δὲ πρῴρας
δριμὺς ἄηται κραδίας
θυμὸς ἔγκοτον στύγος.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Ἠλέκτρα
καί πότ᾽ ἂν ἀμφιθαλὴς
395
Ζεὺς ἐπὶ χεῖρα βάλοι,
φεῦ φεῦ , κάρανα δαΐξας;
πιστὰ γένοιτο χώρᾳ.
δίκαν δ᾽ ἐξ ἀδίκων ἀπαιτῶ.
κλῦτε δὲ Γᾶ χθονίων τε τιμαί.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Χορός
400
ἀλλὰ νόμος μὲν φονίας σταγόνας
χυμένας ἐς πέδον ἄλλο προσαιτεῖν
αἷμα . βοᾷ γὰρ λοιγὸς Ἐρινὺν
παρὰ τῶν πρότερον φθιμένων ἄτην
ἑτέραν ἐπάγουσαν ἐπ᾽ ἄτῃ.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Ὀρέστης
405
πόποι δὴ νερτέρων τυραννίδες,
ἴδετε πολυκρατεῖς Ἀραὶ φθινομένων,
ἴδεσθ᾽ Ἀτρειδᾶν τὰ λοίπ᾽ ἀμηχάνως
ἔχοντα καὶ δωμάτων
ἄτιμα . πᾷ τις τράποιτ᾽ ἄν , ὦ Ζεῦ;
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Χορός
410
πέπαλται δαὖτὲ μοι φίλον κέαρ
τόνδε κλύουσαν οἶκτον
καὶ τότε μὲν δύσελπις,
σπλάγχνα δέ μοι κελαινοῦ-
ται πρὸς ἔπος κλυούσᾳ.
415
ὅταν δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἀλκῆς ἐπάρῃ <μ᾽
ἐλπὶσ> , ἀπέστασεν ἄχος
προσφανεῖσά μοι καλῶς.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Ἠλέκτρα
τί δ᾽ ἂν φάντες τύχοιμεν ἢ τά περ
πάθομεν ἄχεα πρός γε τῶν τεκομένων;
420
πάρεστι σαίνειν , τὰ δ᾽ οὔτι θέλγεται.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.
Alpheios needs funds to keep these texts and tools freely available. Make a tax-deductible donation by December 31, 2024 to keep reading.