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Χορός
τότ᾽ ἦν χερός, ἦν δὲ τόξων πάταγος,
ταυρείων τ᾽ ἀνάμιγδα κεράτων:
520ἦν δ᾽ ἀμφίπλεκτοι κλίμακες,
ἦν δὲ μετώπων ὀλόεντα
πλήγματα, καὶ στόνος ἀμφοῖν.
ἁ δ᾽ εὐῶπις ἁβρὰ
τηλαυγεῖ παρ᾽ ὄχθῳ
525ἧστο, τὸν ὃν προσμένουσ᾽ ἀκοίταν.
ἀγὼν δὲ μαργᾷ μὲν οἷα φράζω:
τὸ δ᾽ ἀμφινείκητον ὄμμα νύμφας
ἐλεινὸν ἀμμένει:
κἀπὸ ματρὸς ἄφαρ βέβακεν,
530ὥστε πόρτις ἐρήμα.
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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