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Χορός
διάφοροι δὲ φύσεις βροτῶν,
διάφοροι δὲ τρόποι: τὸ δ᾽ ὀρ-
560θῶς ἐσθλὸν σαφὲς αἰεί:
τροφαί θ᾽ αἱ παιδευόμεναι
μέγα φέρουσ᾽ ἐς τὰν ἀρετάν:
τό τε γὰρ αἰδεῖσθαι σοφία,
τάν τ᾽ ἐξαλλάσσουσαν ἔχει
565χάριν ὑπὸ γνώμας ἐσορᾶν
τὸ δέον, ἔνθα δόξα φέρει
κλέος ἀγήρατον βιοτᾷ.
μέγα τι θηρεύειν ἀρετάν,
γυναιξὶ μὲν κατὰ Κύπριν
570κρυπτάν, ἐν ἀνδράσι δ᾽ αὖ
κόσμος ἐνὼν ὁ μυριοπλη-
θὴς μείζω πόλιν αὔξει.
Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, vol. 3. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.
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