Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ , ἐπειδὴ δρᾶν κατώρθωσαι φρενί,
ἔρδοις ἂν ἤδη δαίμονος πειρώμενος.
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Ὀρέστης
ἔσται : πυθέσθαι δ᾽ οὐδέν ἐστ᾽ ἔξω δρόμου,
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πόθεν χοὰς ἔπεμψεν , ἐκ τίνος λόγου
μεθύστερον τιμῶσ᾽ ἀνήκεστον πάθος;
θανόντι δ᾽ οὐ φρονοῦντι δειλαία χάρις
ἐπέμπετ᾽ : οὐκ ἔχοιμ᾽ ἂν εἰκάσαι τόδε.
τὰ δῶρα μείω δ᾽ ἐστὶ τῆς ἁμαρτίας.
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τὰ πάντα γάρ τις ἐκχέας ἀνθ᾽ αἵματος
ἑνός , μάτην ὁ μόχθος : ὧδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος.
θέλοντι δ᾽ , εἴπερ οἶσθ᾽ , ἐμοὶ φράσον τάδε.
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Χορός
οἶδ᾽ , ὦ τέκνον , παρῆ γάρ : ἔκ τ᾽ ὀνειράτων
καὶ νυκτιπλάγκτων δειμάτων πεπαλμένη
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χοὰς ἔπεμψε τάσδε δύσθεος γυνή.
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Ὀρέστης
ἦ καὶ πέπυσθε τοὔναρ , ὥστ᾽ ὀρθῶς φράσαι;
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Χορός
τεκεῖν δράκοντ᾽ ἔδοξεν , ὡς αὐτὴ λέγει.
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Ὀρέστης
καὶ ποῖ τελευτᾷ καὶ καρανοῦται λόγος;
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Χορός
ἐν [ ι ] παιδὸς ὁρμίσαι δίκην.
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Ὀρέστης
530
τίνος βορᾶς χρῄζοντα , νεογενὲς δάκος;
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Χορός
αὐτὴ προσέσχε μαζὸν ἐν τὠνείρατι.
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Ὀρέστης
καὶ πῶς ἄτρωτον οὖθαρ ἦν ὑπὸ στύγους;
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Χορός
ὥστ᾽ ἐν γάλακτι θρόμβον αἵματος σπάσαι.
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Ὀρέστης
οὔτοι μάταιον : ἀνδρὸς ὄψανον πέλει.
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Χορός
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ἡ δ᾽ ἐξ ὕπνου κέκλαγγεν ἐπτοημένη.
πολλοὶ δ᾽ ἀνῇθον , ἐκτυφλωθέντες σκότῳ,
λαμπτῆρες ἐν δόμοισι δεσποίνης χάριν:
πέμπει τ᾽ ἔπειτα τάσδε κηδείους χοάς,
ἄκος τομαῖον ἐλπίσασα πημάτων.
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Ὀρέστης
540
ἀλλ᾽ εὔχομαι γῇ τῇδε καὶ πατρὸς τάφῳ
τοὔνειρον εἶναι τοῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ τελεσφόρον.
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