Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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νύκτα πρό τ᾽ ὀμμάτων σκότον φέρει,
καθ᾽ ἡμέραν δ᾽ οὐδὲν ἐμφανέστερος.
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Χορός
καὶ τότ᾽ ἤδη κλυτὸν
820
δωμάτων λυτήριον,
θῆλυν οὐριοστάταν οὐδ᾽
ὀξύκρεκτον γοα-
τᾶν νόμον θήσομεν : “ πλεῖ τάδ᾽ εὖ:
825
ἐμὸν ἐμὸν κέρδος αὔξεται τόδ᾽ : ἄ-
τα δ᾽ ἀποστατεῖ φίλων.”
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Χορός
σὺ δὲ θαρσῶν , ὅταν ἥκῃ μέρος ἔργων,
ἐπαΰσας πατρὸς αὐδὰν
θροούσᾳ [ πρὸς σὲ ] τέκνον [ πατρὸς αὐδὰν]
830
[ καὶ ] πέραιν᾽ ἀνεπίμομφον ἄταν.
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Χορός
Περσέως τ᾽ ἐν φρεσὶν
καρδίαν ἀνασχεθών,
τοῖς θ᾽ ὑπὸ χθονὸς φίλοισιν,
τοῖς τ᾽ ἄνωθεν πρόπρασ-
835
σε χάριν ὀργᾶς λυγρᾶς , ἔνδοθεν
φόνιον ἄταν τιθείς , τὸν αἴτιον δ᾽
ἐξαπολλύων μόρου.
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Αἴγισθος
ἥκω μὲν οὐκ ἄκλητος , ἀλλ᾽ ὑπάγγελος:
νέαν φάτιν δὲ πεύθομαι λέγειν τινὰς
840
ξένους μολόντας οὐδαμῶς ἐφίμερον,
μόρον δ᾽ Ὀρέστου . καὶ τόδ᾽ ἀμφέρειν δόμοις
γένοιτ᾽ ἂν ἄχθος δειματοσταγὲς φόνῳ
τῷ πρόσθεν ἑλκαίνουσι καὶ δεδηγμένοις.
πῶς ταῦτ᾽ ἀληθῆ καὶ βλέποντα δοξάσω;
845
ἢ πρὸς γυναικῶν δειματούμενοι λόγοι
πεδάρσιοι θρῴσκουσι , θνῄσκοντες μάτην;
τί τῶνδ᾽ ἂν εἴποις ὥστε δηλῶσαι φρενί;
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