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Ἠλέκτρα

οὐκ εἰσακούουσ᾽: ὦ τάλαιν᾽ ἐγὼ κακῶν.
ἆρ᾽ ἐς τὸ κάλλος ἐκκεκώφηται ξίφη;
τάχα τις Ἀργείων ἔνοπλος ὁρμήσας
1290ποδὶ βοηδρόμῳ μέλαθρα προσμείξει.
σκέψασθέ νυν ἄμεινον: οὐχ ἕδρας ἀγών:
ἀλλ᾽ αἳ μὲν ἐνθάδ᾽, αἳ δ᾽ ἐκεῖσ᾽ ἑλίσσετε.

Χορός

1295ἀμείβω κέλευθον σκοποῦσα πάντῃ.

Ἑλένη

ἰὼ Πελασγὸν Ἄργος, ὄλλυμαι κακῶς.

Χορός

— ἠκούσαθ᾽; ἅνδρες χεῖρ᾽ ἔχουσιν ἐν φόνῳ.
— Ἑλένης τὸ κώκυμ᾽ ἐστίν, ὡς ἀπεικάσαι.

Ἠλέκτρα

ὦ Διός, ὦ Διὸς ἀέναον κράτος,
1300ἔλθ᾽ ἐπίκουρος ἐμοῖς φίλοισι πάντως.

Ἑλένη

Μενέλαε, θνῄσκω: σὺ δὲ παρών μ᾽ οὐκ ὠφελεῖς.

Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, vol. 3. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.

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