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Χορός
οὐκ ἔστ᾽ οὐκ ἔστιν θανάτου
1230παρατροπὰ μελέᾳ μοι:
φανερὰ γὰρ φανερὰ τάδ᾽ ἤδη,
σπονδᾶς ἐκ Διονύσου,
βοτρύων θοᾶς ἐχίδνας
σταγόσι μειγνυμένας φόνῳ —
1235φανερὰ θύματα νερτέρων,
συμφοραὶ μὲν ἐμῷ βίῳ,
λεύσιμοι δὲ καταφθοραὶ δεσποίνᾳ.
τίνα φυγὰν πτερόεσσαν ἢ
χθονὸς ὑπὸ σκοτίων μυχῶν πορευθῶ,
1240θανάτου λεύσιμον ἄταν
ἀποφεύγουσα, τεθρίππων
ὠκιστᾶν χαλᾶν ἐπιβᾶσ᾽,
ἢ πρύμνας ἐπὶ ναῶν;
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