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Χορός

φράζου μὴ πόρσω φωνεῖν.
οὐ γνώμαν ἴσχεις ἐξ οἵων
215τὰ παρόντ᾽ οἰκείας εἰς ἄτας
ἐμπίπτεις οὕτως αἰκῶς;
πολὺ γάρ τι κακῶν ὑπερεκτήσω,
σᾷ δυσθύμῳ τίκτουσ᾽ ἀεὶ
ψυχᾷ πολέμους: τὰ δὲ τοῖς δυνατοῖς
220οὐκ ἐριστὰ πλάθειν.

Ἠλέκτρα

δεινοῖς ἠναγκάσθην, δεινοῖς:
ἔξοιδ᾽, οὐ λάθει μ᾽ ὀργά.
ἀλλ᾽ ἐν γὰρ δεινοῖς οὐ σχήσω
ταύτας ἄτας,
225ὄφρα με βίος ἔχῃ.
τίνι γάρ ποτ᾽ ἄν, ὦ φιλία γενέθλα,
πρόσφορον ἀκούσαιμ᾽ ἔπος, τίνι φρονοῦντι καίρια;
ἄνετέ μ᾽ ἄνετε, παράγοροι:
τάδε γὰρ ἄλυτα κεκλήσεται,
230οὐδέ ποτ᾽ ἐκ καμάτων ἀποπαύσομαι
ἀνάριθμος ὧδε θρήνων.

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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