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Τέκμησσα

οἲ 'γώ, φίλοι, πρόστητ᾽ ἀναγκαίας τύχης,
καὶ σπεύσαθ᾽, οἱ μὲν Τεῦκρον ἐν τάχει μολεῖν,
805οἱ δ᾽ ἑσπέρους ἀγκῶνας, οἱ δ᾽ ἀντηλίους
ζητεῖτ᾽ ἰόντες τἀνδρὸς ἔξοδον κακήν.
ἔγνωκα γὰρ δὴ φωτὸς ἠπατημένη
καὶ τῆς παλαιᾶς χάριτος ἐκβεβλημένη.
οἴμοι, τί δράσω, τέκνον; οὐχ ἱδρυτέον:
810ἀλλ᾽ εἶμι κἀγὼ κεῖσ᾽ ὅποιπερ ἂν σθένω.
χωρῶμεν, ἐγκονῶμεν, οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμὴ
σῴζειν θέλοντας ἄνδρα γ᾽ ὃς σπεύδῃ θανεῖν.

Χορός

χωρεῖν ἕτοιμος, κοὐ λόγῳ δείξω μόνον:
τάχος γὰρ ἔργου καὶ ποδῶν ἅμ᾽ ἕψεται,

Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 2: Ajax. Electra. Trachiniae. Philoctetes With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 21. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1913.

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Commentary references to this page (5):
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus, 151-215
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Oedipus Tyrannus, 216-462
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Ajax, 485
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 48
- Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Electra, 979
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (4):
- LSJ, ἀναγκ-αῖος
- LSJ, οἴ
- LSJ, προΐστημι
- LSJ, τύχη

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