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Χορός
παντοδαπὸς δὲ καρπὸς χαμάδις πεσὼν
ἀλγύνει κυρήσας: πικρὸν δ᾽
ὄμμα θαλαμηπόλων:
360πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀκριτόφυρτος
γᾶς δόσις οὐτιδανοῖς
ἐν ῥοθίοις φορεῖται.
δμωίδες δὲ καινοπήμονες νέαι:
τλάμον᾽ εὐνὰν αἰχμάλωτον
365ἀνδρὸς εὐτυχοῦντος ὣς
δυσμενοῦς ὑπερτέρου
ἐλπίς ἐστι νύκτερον τέλος μολεῖν,
παγκλαύτων ἀλγέων ἐπίρροθον.
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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