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ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μὲν δὴ
λήξω θρήνων στυγερῶν τε γόων,
105ἔστ᾽ ἂν παμφεγγεῖς ἄστρων
ῥιπάς, λεύσσω δὲ τόδ᾽ ἦμαρ,
μὴ οὐ τεκνολέτειρ᾽ ὥς τις ἀηδὼν
ἐπὶ κωκυτῷ τῶνδε πατρῴων
πρὸ θυρῶν ἠχὼ πᾶσι προφωνεῖν.
110ὦ δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης,
ὦ χθόνι᾽ Ἑρμῆ καὶ πότνι᾽ Ἀρὰ
σεμναί τε θεῶν παῖδες Ἐρινύες,
αἳ τοὺς ἀδίκως θνῄσκοντας ὁρᾶθ᾽,
αἳ τοὺς εὐνὰς ὑποκλεπτομένους,
115ἔλθετ᾽, ἀρήξατε, τίσασθε πατρὸς
φόνον ἡμετέρου,
καί μοι τὸν ἐμὸν πέμψατ᾽ ἀδελφόν:
μούνη γὰρ ἄγειν οὐκέτι σωκῶ
120λύπης ἀντίρροπον ἄχθος.
Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 2: Ajax. Electra. Trachiniae. Philoctetes With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 21. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1913.
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