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Ἐτεοκλής
ὑμᾶς ἐρωτῶ, θρέμματ᾽ οὐκ ἀνασχετά,
ἦ ταῦτ᾽ ἄριστα καὶ πόλει σωτήρια,
στρατῷ τε θάρσος τῷδε πυργηρουμένῳ,
185βρέτη πεσούσας πρὸς πολισσούχων θεῶν
αὔειν, λακάζειν, σωφρόνων μισήματα;
μήτ᾽ ἐν κακοῖσι μήτ᾽ ἐν εὐεστοῖ φίλῃ
ξύνοικος εἴην τῷ γυναικείῳ γένει.
κρατοῦσα μὲν γὰρ οὐχ ὁμιλητὸν θράσος,
190δείσασα δ᾽ οἴκῳ καὶ πόλει πλέον κακόν.
καὶ νῦν πολίταις τάσδε διαδρόμους φυγὰς
θεῖσαι διερροθήσατ᾽ ἄψυχον κάκην:
τὰ τῶν θύραθεν δ᾽ ὡς ἄριστ᾽ ὀφέλλεται,
αὐτοὶ δ᾽ ὑπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἔνδοθεν πορθούμεθα.
195τοιαῦτά τἂν γυναιξὶ συνναίων ἔχοις.
κεἰ μή τις ἀρχῆς τῆς ἐμῆς ἀκούσεται,
ἀνὴρ γυνή τε χὤ τι τῶν μεταίχμιον,
ψῆφος κατ᾽ αὐτῶν ὀλεθρία βουλεύσεται,
λευστῆρα δήμου δ᾽ οὔ τι μὴ φύγῃ μόρον.
200μέλει γὰρ ἀνδρί, μὴ γυνὴ βουλευέτω,
τἄξωθεν: ἔνδον δ᾽ οὖσα μὴ βλάβην τίθει.
ἤκουσας ἢ οὐκ ἤκουσας, ἢ κωφῇ λέγω;
Aeschylus. Aeschylus, with an English translation by Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph. D. in two volumes. 1.Seven Against Thebes. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1926.
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