Χορός
διὰ θεῶν πόλιν νεμόμεθ᾽ ἀδάματον,
δυσμενέων δ᾽ ὄχλον πύργος ἀποστέγει.
235τίς τάδε νέμεσις στυγεῖ;
Ἐτεοκλής
οὔτοι φθονῶ σοι δαιμόνων τιμᾶν γένος:
ἀλλ᾽ ὡς πολίτας μὴ κακοσπλάγχνους τιθῇς,
εὔκηλος ἴσθι μηδ᾽ ἄγαν ὑπερφοβοῦ.
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Aeschylus. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1.Seven Against Thebes. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1926.
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