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Χορός
ἔστι δ᾽ αὗ χώρα πρὸς αὐτῷ
τῷ σκότῳ πόρρω τις ἐν
τῇ λύχνων ἐρημίᾳ,
1485ἔνθα τοῖς ἥρωσιν ἄνθρωποι
ξυναριστῶσι καὶ ξύν-
εισι πλὴν τῆς ἑσπέρας.
τηνικαῦτα δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἦν
ἀσφαλὲς ξυντυγχάνειν.
1490εἰ γὰρ ἐντύχοι τις ἥρῳ
τῶν βροτῶν νύκτωρ Ὀρέστῃ,
γυμνὸς ἦν πληγεὶς ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ
πάντα τἀπιδέξια.
Aristophanes. Aristophanes Comoediae, ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 2. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.
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