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Χορός
750παλαίφατος δ᾽ ἐν βροτοῖς γέρων λόγος
τέτυκται, μέγαν τελε-
σθέντα φωτὸς ὄλβον
τεκνοῦσθαι μηδ᾽ ἄπαιδα θνῄσκειν,
755ἐκ δ᾽ ἀγαθᾶς τύχας γένει
βλαστάνειν ἀκόρεστον οἰζύν.
δίχα δ᾽ ἄλλων μονόφρων εἰ-
μί: τὸ δυσσεβὲς γὰρ ἔργον
μετὰ μὲν πλείονα τίκτει,
760σφετέρᾳ δ᾽ εἰκότα γέννᾳ.
οἴκων δ᾽ ἄρ᾽ εὐθυδίκων
καλλίπαις πότμος αἰεί.
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