Libation Bearers, Alpheios version. Enhanced TEI with Syntax Diagrams
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ἐξ οὗ τέκνων ἤνεγχ᾽ ὑπὸ ζώνην βάρος,
φίλον τέως , νῦν δ᾽ ἐχθρόν , ὡς φαίνει , κακόν,
τί σοι δοκεῖ ; μύραινά γ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἔχιδν᾽ ἔφυ
995
σήπειν θιγοῦσ᾽ ἂν ἄλλον οὐ δεδηγμένον
τόλμης ἕκατι κἀκδίκου φρονήματος.
τί νιν προσείπω , κἂν τύχω μάλ᾽ εὐστομῶν;
ἄγρευμα θηρός , ἢ νεκροῦ ποδένδυτον
δροίτης κατασκήνωμα ; δίκτυον μὲν οὖν,
1000
ἄρκυν τ᾽ ἂν εἴποις καὶ ποδιστῆρας πέπλους.
τοιοῦτον ἂν κτήσαιτο φηλήτης ἀνήρ,
ξένων ἀπαιόλημα κἀργυροστερῆ
βίον νομίζων , τῷδέ τ᾽ ἂν δολώματι
πολλοὺς ἀναιρῶν πολλὰ θερμαίνοι φρένα.
1005
τοιάδ᾽ ἐμοὶ ξύνοικος ἐν δόμοισι μὴ
γένοιτ᾽ : ὀλοίμην πρόσθεν ἐκ θεῶν ἄπαις.
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Χορός
αἰαῖ <αἰαῖ> μελέων ἔργων:
στυγερῷ θανάτῳ διεπράχθης.
ἒ ἔ,
μίμνοντι δὲ καὶ πάθος ἀνθεῖ.
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Ὀρέστης
1010
ἔδρασεν ἢ οὐκ ἔδρασε ; μαρτυρεῖ δέ μοι
φᾶρος τόδ᾽ , ὡς ἔβαψεν Αἰγίσθου ξίφος.
φόνου δὲ κηκὶς ξὺν χρόνῳ ξυμβάλλεται,
πολλὰς βαφὰς φθείρουσα τοῦ ποικίλματος.
νῦν αὐτὸν αἰνῶ , νῦν ἀποιμώζω παρών,
1015
πατροκτόνον θ᾽ ὕφασμα προσφωνῶν τόδε.
ἀλγῶ μὲν ἔργα καὶ πάθος γένος τε πᾶν,
ἄζηλα νίκης τῆσδ᾽ ἔχων μιάσματα.
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Χορός
οὔτις μερόπων ἀσινὴς βίοτον
διὰ παντὸς ἀπήμον᾽ ἀμείψει.
1020
ἒ ἔ,
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