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Χορός
Χορός
205ἄναξ δ᾽ ὁ πρέσβυς τότ᾽ εἶπε φωνῶν:
‘βαρεῖα μὲν κὴρ τὸ μὴ πιθέσθαι,
βαρεῖα δ᾽, εἰ τέκνον δαΐ-
ξω, δόμων ἄγαλμα,
μιαίνων παρθενοσφάγοισιν
210ῥείθροις πατρῴους χέρας
πέλας βωμοῦ: τί τῶνδ᾽ ἄνευ κακῶν,
πῶς λιπόναυς γένωμαι
ξυμμαχίας ἁμαρτών;
παυσανέμου γὰρ θυσίας
215παρθενίου θ᾽ αἵματος ὀρ-
γᾷ περιόργως ἐπιθυ-
μεῖν θέμις. εὖ γὰρ εἴη.’
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