Βασιλεύς
ἄγος μὲν εἴη τοῖς ἐμοῖς παλιγκότοις,
ὑμῖν δ᾽ ἀρήγειν οὐκ ἔχω βλάβης ἄτερ.
οὐδ᾽ αὖ τόδ᾽ εὖφρον, τάσδ᾽ ἀτιμάσαι λιτάς.
ἀμηχανῶ δὲ καὶ φόβος μ᾽ ἔχει φρένας
380δρᾶσαί τε μὴ δρᾶσαί τε καὶ τύχην ἑλεῖν.
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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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