Χορός
τί σῖγ᾽ ἀφέρπεις; οὐ κάτοισθ᾽ ὁθούνεκα
ξυνηγορεῖς σιγῶσα τῷ κατηγόρῳ;
Ὕλλος
815ἐᾶτ᾽ ἀφέρπειν: οὖρος ὀφθαλμῶν ἐμῶν
αὐτῇ γένοιτ᾽ ἄπωθεν ἑρπούσῃ καλός.
ὄγκον γὰρ ἄλλως ὀνόματος τί δεῖ τρέφειν
μητρῷον, ἥτις μηδὲν ὡς τεκοῦσα δρᾷ;
ἀλλ᾽ ἑρπέτω χαίρουσα: τὴν δὲ τέρψιν ἣν
820τὠμῷ δίδωσι πατρί, τήνδ᾽ αὐτὴ λάβοι.
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