Δηιάνειρα
600ἀλλ᾽ αὐτὰ δή σοι ταῦτα καὶ πράσσω, Λίχα,
ἕως σὺ ταῖς ἔσωθεν ἠγορῶ ξέναις,
ὅπως φέρῃς μοι τόνδε ταναϋφῆ πέπλον,
δώρημ᾽ ἐκείνῳ τἀνδρὶ τῆς ἐμῆς χερός.
διδοὺς δὲ τόνδε φράζ᾽ ὅπως μηδεὶς βροτῶν
605κείνου πάροιθεν ἀμφιδύσεται χροΐ,
μηδ᾽ ὄψεταί νιν μήτε φέγγος ἡλίου
μήθ᾽ ἕρκος ἱερὸν μήτ᾽ ἐφέστιον σέλας,
πρὶν κεῖνος αὐτὸν φανερὸς ἐμφανῶς σταθεὶς
δείξῃ θεοῖσιν ἡμέρᾳ ταυροσφάγῳ.
610οὕτω γὰρ ηὔγμην, εἴ ποτ᾽ αὐτὸν ἐς δόμους
ἴδοιμι σωθέντ᾽ ἢ κλύοιμι πανδίκως,
στελεῖν χιτῶνι τῷδε καὶ φανεῖν θεοῖς
θυτῆρα καινῷ καινὸν ἐν πεπλώματι.
καὶ τῶνδ᾽ ἀποίσεις σῆμ᾽, ὃ κεῖνος εὐμαθὲς
615σφραγῖδος ἕρκει τῷδ᾽ ἐπὸν μαθήσεται.
ἀλλ᾽ ἕρπε, καὶ φύλασσε πρῶτα μὲν νόμον,
τὸ μὴ 'πιθυμεῖν πομπὸς ὢν περισσὰ δρᾶν:
ἔπειθ᾽ ὅπως ἂν ἡ χάρις κείνου τέ σοι
κἀμοῦ ξυνελθοῦσ᾽ ἐξ ἁπλῆς διπλῆ φανῇ.
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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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