Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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νῦν γὰρ ἀκμάζει Πειθὼ δολίαν
ξυγκαταβῆναι , χθόνιον δ᾽ Ἑρμῆν
καὶ τὸν νύχιον τοῖσδ᾽ ἐφοδεῦσαι
ξιφοδηλήτοισιν ἀγῶσιν.
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ἔοικεν ἁνὴρ ὁ ξένος τεύχειν κακόν:
τροφὸν δ᾽ Ὀρέστου τήνδ᾽ ὁρῶ κεκλαυμένην.
ποῖ δὴ πατεῖς , Κίλισσα , δωμάτων πύλας;
λύπη δ᾽ ἄμισθός ἐστί σοι ξυνέμπορος;
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Τροφός
Αἴγισθον ἡ κρατοῦσα τοῖς ξένοις καλεῖν
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ὅπως τάχιστ᾽ ἄνωγεν , ὡς σαφέστερον
ἀνὴρ ἀπ᾽ ἀνδρὸς τὴν νεάγγελτον φάτιν
ἐλθὼν πύθηται τήνδε , πρὸς μὲν οἰκέτας
θετοσκυθρωπῶν ἐντὸς ὀμμάτων γέλων
κεύθουσ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις διαπεπραγμένοις καλῶς
740
κείνῃ , δόμοις δὲ τοῖσδε παγκάκως ἔχειν,
φήμης ὕφ᾽ ἧς ἤγγειλαν οἱ ξένοι τορῶς.
ἦ δὴ κλύων ἐκεῖνος εὐφρανεῖ νόον,
εὖτ᾽ ἂν πύθηται μῦθον . ὦ τάλαιν᾽ ἐγώ:
ὥς μοι τὰ μὲν παλαιὰ συγκεκραμένα
745
ἄλγη δύσοιστα τοῖσδ᾽ ἐν Ἀτρέως δόμοις
τυχόντ᾽ ἐμὴν ἤλγυνεν ἐν στέρνοις φρένα.
ἀλλ᾽ οὔτι πω τοιόνδε πῆμ᾽ ἀνεσχόμην:
τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα τλημόνως ἤντλουν κακά:
φίλον δ᾽ Ὀρέστην , τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς τριβήν,
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ὃν ἐξέθρεψα μητρόθεν δεδεγμένη,—
κἀκ᾽ νυκτιπλάγκτων ὀρθίων κελευμάτων
καὶ πολλὰ καὶ μοχθήρ᾽ ἀνωφέλητ᾽ ἐμοὶ
τλάσῃ :— τὸ μὴ φρονοῦν γὰρ ὡσπερεὶ βοτὸν
τρέφειν ἀνάγκη , πῶς γὰρ οὔ ; τρόπῳ φρενός:
755
οὐ γάρ τι φωνεῖ παῖς ἔτ᾽ ὢν ἐν σπαργάνοις,
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