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Χορός
φεῦ δᾶ φεῦ δᾶ, δίδυμοι θῆρες,
φόνιαι ψυχαὶ δορὶ παλλόμεναι
πέσεα πέσεα δάι᾽ αὐ-
τίχ᾽ αἱμάξετον.
1300τάλανες, ὅ τι ποτὲ μονομάχον
ἐπὶ φρέν᾽ ἠλθέτην,
βοᾷ βαρβάρῳ στενακτὰν ἰαχὰν
μελομέναν νεκροῖς δάκρυσι θρηνήσω.
σχεδὸν τύχα πέλας φόνου:
1305κρινεῖ φάος τὸ μέλλον. ἄ-
ποτμος ἄποτμος ὁ φόνος ἕνεκ᾽ Ἐρινύων.
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