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δέσποινα Δῃάνειρα, πολλὰ μέν σ᾽ ἐγὼ
50κατεῖδον ἤδη πανδάκρυτ᾽ ὀδύρματα
τὴν Ἡράκλειον ἔξοδον γοωμένην:
νῦν δ᾽, εἰ δίκαιον τοὺς ἐλευθέρους φρενοῦν
γνώμαισι δούλαις, κἀμὲ χρὴ φράσαι τὸ σόν:
πῶς παισὶ μὲν τοσοῖσδε πληθύεις, ἀτὰρ
55ἀνδρὸς κατὰ ζήτησιν οὐ πέμπεις τινά,
μάλιστα δ᾽ ὅνπερ εἰκὸς Ὕλλον, εἰ πατρὸς
νέμοι τιν᾽ ὤραν τοῦ καλῶς πράσσειν δοκεῖν;
ἐγγὺς δ᾽ ὅδ᾽ αὐτὸς ἀρτίπους θρῴσκει δόμους,
ὥστ᾽ εἴ τί σοι πρὸς καιρὸν ἐννέπειν δοκῶ,
60πάρεστι χρῆσθαι τἀνδρὶ τοῖς τ᾽ ἐμοῖς λόγοις.
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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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