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Προμηθεύς

265ἐλαφρὸν ὅστις πημάτων ἔξω πόδα
ἔχει παραινεῖν νουθετεῖν τε τὸν κακῶς
πράσσοντ᾽: ἐγὼ δὲ ταῦθ᾽ ἅπαντ᾽ ἠπιστάμην.
ἑκὼν ἑκὼν ἥμαρτον, οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι:
θνητοῖς ἀρήγων αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους.
270οὐ μήν τι ποιναῖς γ᾽ ᾠόμην τοίαισί με
κατισχνανεῖσθαι πρὸς πέτραις πεδαρσίοις,
τυχόντ᾽ ἐρήμου τοῦδ᾽ ἀγείτονος πάγου.
καί μοι τὰ μὲν παρόντα μὴ δύρεσθ᾽ ἄχη,
πέδοι δὲ βᾶσαι τὰς προσερπούσας τύχας
275ἀκούσαθ᾽, ὡς μάθητε διὰ τέλους τὸ πᾶν.
πίθεσθέ μοι πίθεσθε, συμπονήσατε
τῷ νῦν μογοῦντι. ταὐτά τοι πλανωμένη
πρὸς ἄλλοτ᾽ ἄλλον πημονὴ προσιζάνει.

Aeschylus. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1.Prometheus. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1926.

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