Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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καὶ νῦν Ὀρέστησ — ἦν γὰρ εὐβούλως ἔχων,
ἔξω κομίζων ὀλεθρίου πηλοῦ πόδα,—
νῦν δ᾽ ἥπερ ἐν δόμοισι βακχείας καλῆς
ἰατρὸς ἐλπὶς ἦν , προδοῦσαν ἔγγραφε.
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Ὀρέστης
700
ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ξένοισιν ὧδ᾽ εὐδαίμοσιν
κεδνῶν ἕκατι πραγμάτων ἂν ἤθελον
γνωστὸς γενέσθαι καὶ ξενωθῆναι : τί γὰρ
ξένου ξένοισίν ἐστιν εὐμενέστερον;
πρὸς δυσσεβείας <δ᾽> ἦν ἐμοὶ τόδ᾽ ἐν φρεσίν,
705
τοιόνδε πρᾶγμα μὴ καρανῶσαι φίλοις,
καταινέσαντα καὶ κατεξενωμένον.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
οὔτοι κυρήσεις μεῖον ἀξίως σέθεν,
οὐδ᾽ ἧσσον ἂν γένοιο δώμασιν φίλος.
ἄλλος δ᾽ ὁμοίως ἦλθεν ἂν τάδ᾽ ἀγγελῶν.
710
ἀλλ᾽ ἔσθ᾽ ὁ καιρὸς ἡμερεύοντας ξένους
μακρᾶς κελεύθου τυγχάνειν τὰ πρόσφορα.
ἄγ᾽ αὐτὸν εἰς ἀνδρῶνας εὐξένους δόμων,
ὀπισθόπους τε τούσδε καὶ ξυνέμπορον:
κἀκεῖ κυρούντων δώμασιν τὰ πρόσφορα.
715
αἰνῶ δὲ πράσσειν ὡς ὑπευθύνῳ τάδε.
ἡμεῖς δὲ ταῦτα τοῖς κρατοῦσι δωμάτων
κοινώσομέν τε κοὐ σπανίζοντες φίλων
βουλευσόμεσθα τῆσδε συμφορᾶς πέρι.
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Χορός
εἶεν , φίλιαι δμωίδες οἴκων,
720
πότε δὴ στομάτων
δείξομεν ἰσχὺν ἐπ᾽ Ὀρέστῃ;
ὦ πότνια χθὼν καὶ πότνι᾽ ἀκτὴ
χώματος , ἣ νῦν ἐπὶ ναυάρχῳ
σώματι κεῖσαι τῷ βασιλείῳ,
725
νῦν ἐπάκουσον , νῦν ἐπάρηξον:
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