Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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φυγεῖν μέγαν προσθεῖσαν Αἰγίσθῳ <φθόρον>.
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Ὀρέστης
οὕτω γὰρ ἄν σοι δαῖτες ἔννομοι βροτῶν
κτιζοίατ᾽ : εἰ δὲ μή , παρ᾽ εὐδείπνοις ἔσῃ
485
ἄτιμος ἐμπύροισι κνισωτοῖς χθονός.
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Ἠλέκτρα
κἀγὼ χοάς σοι τῆς ἐμῆς παγκληρίας
οἴσω πατρῴων ἐκ δόμων γαμηλίους:
πάντων δὲ πρῶτον τόνδε πρεσβεύσω τάφον.
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Ὀρέστης
ὦ Γαῖ᾽ , ἄνες μοι πατέρ᾽ ἐποπτεῦσαι μάχην.
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Ἠλέκτρα
490
ὦ Περσέφασσα , δὸς δ᾽ ἔτ᾽ εὔμορφον κράτος.
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Ὀρέστης
μέμνησο λουτρῶν οἷς ἐνοσφίσθης , πάτερ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
μέμνησο δ᾽ ἀμφίβληστρον ὡς ἐκαίνισαν.
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Ὀρέστης
πέδαις δ᾽ ἀχαλκεύτοις ἐθηρεύθης , πάτερ.
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Ἠλέκτρα
αἰσχρῶς τε βουλευτοῖσιν ἐν καλύμμασιν.
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Ὀρέστης
495
ἆρ᾽ ἐξεγείρῃ τοῖσδ᾽ ὀνείδεσιν , πάτερ;
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Ἠλέκτρα
ἆρ᾽ ὀρθὸν αἴρεις φίλτατον τὸ σὸν κάρα;
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Ὀρέστης
ἤτοι δίκην ἴαλλε σύμμαχον φίλοις,
ἢ τὰς ὁμοίας ἀντίδος λαβὰς λαβεῖν,
εἴπερ κρατηθείς γ᾽ ἀντινικῆσαι θέλεις.
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Ἠλέκτρα
500
καὶ τῆσδ᾽ ἄκουσον λοισθίου βοῆς , πάτερ,
ἰδὼν νεοσσοὺς τούσδ᾽ ἐφημένους τάφῳ:
οἴκτιρε θῆλυν ἄρσενός θ᾽ ὁμοῦ γόνον,
καὶ μὴ ᾽ξαλείψῃς σπέρμα Πελοπιδῶν τόδε
οὕτω γὰρ οὐ τέθνηκας οὐδὲ περ θανών:
505
παῖδες γὰρ ἀνδρὶ κληδόνες σωτήριοι
θανόντι : φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὣς ἄγουσι δίκτυον,
τὸν ἐκ βυθοῦ κλωστῆρα σῴζοντες λίνου.
ἄκου᾽ , ὑπὲρ σοῦ τοιάδ᾽ ἔστ᾽ ὀδύρματα.
αὐτὸς δὲ σῴζῃ τόνδε τιμήσας λόγον.
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Χορός
510
καὶ μὴν ἀμεμφῆ τόνδ᾽ ἐτείνατον λόγον,
τίμημα τύμβου τῆς ἀνοιμώκτου τύχης.
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