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Ἠλέκτρα
σύντειν᾽ — ὥρα — ποδὸς ὁρμάν: ὤ,
ἔμβα, ἔμβα, κατακλαίουσα:
ἰώ μοί μοι.
130τίνα πόλιν, τίνα δ᾽ οἶκον, ὦ
τλᾶμον σύγγον᾽, ἀλατεύεις
οἰκτρὰν ἐν θαλάμοις λιπὼν
πατρῴοις ἐπὶ συμφοραῖς
ἀλγίσταισιν ἀδελφάν;
135ἔλθοις τῶνδε πόνων ἐμοὶ
τᾷ μελέᾳ λυτήρ,
ὦ Ζεῦ Ζεῦ, πατρί θ᾽ αἱμάτων
ἐχθίστων ἐπίκουρος, Ἄρ-
γει κέλσας πόδ᾽ ἀλάταν.
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