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Χορός
ἰὼ ἰώ:
τάδε δὴ παίδων †καὶ δὴ† φθιμένων
1115ὀστᾶ φέρεται. λάβετ᾽, ἀμφίπολοι,
γραίας ἀμενοῦς — οὐ γὰρ ἔνεστιν
ῥώμη παίδων ὑπὸ πένθους —
πολλοῦ τε χρόνου ζώσης μέτρα δὴ
καταλειβομένης τ᾽ ἄλγεσι πολλοῖς.
1120τί γὰρ ἂν μεῖζον τοῦδ᾽ ἔτι θνητοῖς
πάθος ἐξεύροις
ἢ τέκνα θανόντ᾽ ἐσιδέσθαι;
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