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Ἰώ

ἆ ἆ, ἒ ἔ,
χρίει τις αὖ με τὰν τάλαιναν οἶστρος,
εἴδωλον Ἄργου γηγενοῦς, ἄλευ᾽ ἆ δᾶ: φοβοῦμαι
τὸν μυριωπὸν εἰσορῶσα βούταν.
ὁ δὲ πορεύεται δόλιον ὄμμ᾽ ἔχων,
570ὃν οὐδὲ κατθανόντα γαῖα κεύθει.
ἀλλ᾽, ἐμὲ τὰν τάλαιναν
ἐξ ἐνέρων περῶν κυναγετεῖ, πλανᾷ
τε νῆστιν ἀνὰ τὰν παραλίαν ψάμμαν.

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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