Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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τέτραινε μῦθον ἡσύχῳ φρενῶν βάσει.
τὰ μὲν γὰρ οὕτως ἔχει,
τὰ δ᾽ αὐτὸς ὄργα μαθεῖν.
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πρέπει δ᾽ ἀκάμπτῳ μένει καθήκειν.
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Ὀρέστης
σὲ τοι λέγω , ξυγγενοῦ , πάτερ , φίλοις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἐγὼ δ᾽ ἐπιφθέγγομαι κεκλαυμένα.
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Χορός
στάσις δὲ πάγκοινος ἅδ᾽ ἐπιρροθεῖ:
ἄκουσον ἐς φάος μολών,
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ξὺν δὲ γενοῦ πρὸς ἐχθρούς.
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Ὀρέστης
Ἄρης Ἄρει ξυμβαλεῖ , Δίκᾳ Δίκα.
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἰὼ θεοί , κραίνετ᾽ ἐνδίκως <δίκας . >
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Χορός
τρόμος μ᾽ ὑφέρπει κλύουσαν εὐγμάτων.
τὸ μόρσιμον μένει πάλαι,
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εὐχομένοις δ᾽ ἂν ἔλθοι.
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Χορός
ὦ πόνος ἐγγενὴς
καὶ παράμουσος Ἄτας
αἱματόεσσα πλαγά.
ἰὼ δύστον᾽ ἄφερτα κήδη:
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ἰὼ δυσκατάπαυστον ἄλγος.
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Χορός
δώμασιν ἔμμοτον
τῶνδ᾽ ἄκος , οὐδ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων
ἔκτοθεν , ἀλλ᾽ ἀπ᾽ αὐτῶν,
δι᾽ ὠμὰν ἔριν αἱματηράν.
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θεῶν <τῶν> κατὰ γᾶς ὅδ᾽ ὕμνος.
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Χορός
ἀλλὰ κλύοντες , μάκαρες χθόνιοι,
τῆσδε κατευχῆς πέμπετ᾽ ἀρωγὴν
παισὶν προφρόνως ἐπὶ νίκῃ.
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Ὀρέστης
πάτερ , τρόποισιν οὐ τυραννικοῖς θανών,
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αἰτουμένῳ μοι δὸς κράτος τῶν σῶν δόμων.
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Ἠλέκτρα
κἀγώ , πάτερ , τοιάνδε σου χρείαν ἔχω,
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