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Χρυσόθεμις

καὶ πρίν γε φωνεῖν, ὦ γυναῖκες, εἰ φρενῶν
ἐτύγχαν᾽ αὕτη μὴ κακῶν, ἐσῴζετ᾽ ἂν
τὴν εὐλάβειαν, ὥσπερ οὐχὶ σῴζεται.
995ποῖ γάρ ποτ᾽ ἐμβλέψασα τοιοῦτον θράσος
αὐτή θ᾽ ὁπλίζει κἄμ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν καλεῖς;
οὐκ εἰσορᾷς; γυνὴ μὲν οὐδ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἔφυς,
σθένεις δ᾽ ἔλασσον τῶν ἐναντίων χερί.
δαίμων δὲ τοῖς μὲν εὐτυχεῖ καθ᾽ ἡμέραν,
1000ἡμῖν δ᾽ ἀπορρεῖ κἀπὶ μηδὲν ἔρχεται.
τίς οὖν τοιοῦτον ἄνδρα βουλεύων ἑλεῖν
ἄλυπος ἄτης ἐξαπαλλαχθήσεται;
ὅρα κακῶς πράσσοντε μὴ μείζω κακὰ
κτησώμεθ᾽, εἴ τις τούσδ᾽ ἀκούσεται λόγους.
1005λύει γὰρ ἡμῖν οὐδὲν οὐδ᾽ ἐπωφελεῖ
βάξιν καλὴν λαβόντε δυσκλεῶς θανεῖν.
οὐ γὰρ θανεῖν ἔχθιστον, ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν θανεῖν
χρῄζων τις εἶτα μηδὲ τοῦτ᾽ ἔχῃ λαβεῖν.
ἀλλ᾽ ἀντιάζω, πρὶν πανωλέθρους τὸ πᾶν
1010ἡμᾶς τ᾽ ὀλέσθαι κἀξερημῶσαι γένος,
κατάσχες ὀργήν. καὶ τὰ μὲν λελεγμένα
ἄρρητ᾽ ἐγώ σοι κἀτελῆ φυλάξομαι,
αὐτὴ δὲ νοῦν σχὲς ἀλλὰ τῷ χρόνῳ ποτέ,
σθένουσα μηδὲν τοῖς κρατοῦσιν εἰκαθεῖν.

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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