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Χορός
τίς νόσος ἢ τίνα δάκρυα καὶ
τίς ἔλεος μείζων κατὰ γᾶν
ἢ ματροκτόνον αἷμα χειρὶ θέσθαι;
οἷον ἔργον τελέσας
835βεβάκχευται μανίαις,
Εὐμενίσι θήραμα, φόνον
δρομάσι δινεύων βλεφάροις,
Ἀγαμεμνόνιος παῖς.
ὦ μέλεος, ματρὸς ὅτε
840χρυσεοπηνήτων φαρέων
μαστὸν ὑπερτέλλοντ᾽ ἐσιδὼν
σφάγιον ἔθετο ματέρα, πατρῴ-
ων παθέων ἀμοιβάν.
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