Χορός
γένος γὰρ Αἰγύπτειον ὕβριν
δύσφορον ἀρσενογενὲς
μετά με δρόμοισι διόμενοι
820φυγάδα μάταισι πολυθρόοις
βίαια δίζηνται λαβεῖν.
σὸν δ᾽ ἐπίπαν ζυγὸν
ταλάντου. τί δ᾽ ἄνευ σέθεν
θνατοῖσι τέλειόν ἐστιν;
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Aeschylus. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1.Suppliant Women. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1926.
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