Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
ὅπως τάχιστα , καὶ γυναικείους πύλας
μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε : καὶ μάλ᾽ ἡβῶντος δὲ δεῖ,
880
οὐχ ὡς δ᾽ ἀρῆξαι διαπεπραγμένῳ : τί γάρ;
ἰοὺ ἰού.
κωφοῖς ἀυτῶ καὶ καθεύδουσιν μάτην
ἄκραντα βάζω ; ποῖ Κλυταιμήστρα ; τί δρᾷ;
ἔοικε νῦν αὐτῆς ἐπὶ ξυροῦ πέλας
885
αὐχὴν πεσεῖσθαι πρὸς δίκην πεπληγμένος.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
τί δ᾽ ἐστὶ χρῆμα ; τίνα βοὴν ἵστης δόμοις;
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Οἰκέτης
τὸν ζῶντα καίνειν τοὺς τεθνηκότας λέγω.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
οἲ ᾽γώ . ξυνῆκα τοὔπος ἐξ αἰνιγμάτων.
δόλοις ὀλούμεθ᾽ , ὥσπερ οὖν ἐκτείναμεν.
δοίη τις ἀνδροκμῆτα πέλεκυν ὡς τάχος:
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εἰδῶμεν εἰ νικῶμεν , νικώμεθα:
ἐνταῦθα γὰρ δὴ τοῦδ᾽ ἀφικόμην κακοῦ.
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Ὀρέστης
σὲ καὶ ματεύω : τῷδε δ᾽ ἀρκούντως ἔχει.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
οἲ ᾽γώ . τέθνηκας , φίλτατ᾽ Αἰγίσθου βία.
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Ὀρέστης
φιλεῖς τὸν ἄνδρα ; τοιγὰρ ἐν ταὐτῷ τάφῳ
895
κείσῃ : θανόντα δ᾽ οὔτι μὴ προδῷς ποτε.
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Κλυταιμνήστρα
ἐπίσχες , παῖ , τόνδε δ᾽ αἴδεσαι , τέκνον,
μαστόν , πρὸς σὺ πολλὰ δὴ βρίζων ἅμα
οὔλοισιν ἐξήμελξας εὐτραφὲς γάλα.
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Ὀρέστης
Πυλάδη τί δράσω ; μητέρ᾽ αἰδεσθῶ κτανεῖν;
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Πυλάδης
900
ποῦ δὴ τὰ λοιπὰ Λοξίου μαντεύματα
τὰ πυθόχρηστα , πιστὰ δ᾽ εὐορκώματα;
ἅπαντας ἐχθροὺς τῶν θεῶν ἡγοῦ πλέον.
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Ὀρέστης
κρίνω σὲ νικᾶν , καὶ παραινεῖς μοι καλῶς.
ἕπου , πρὸς αὐτὸν τόνδε σὲ σφάξαι θέλω.
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καὶ ζῶντα γάρ νιν κρείσσον᾽ ἡγήσω πατρός:
τούτῳ θανοῦσα ξυγκάθευδ᾽ , ἐπεὶ φιλεῖς
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