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Ἠλέκτρα
λουτρὰ πανύσταθ᾽ ὑδρανάμενον χροῒ
κοίτᾳ ἐν οἰκτροτάτᾳ θανάτου.
ἰώ μοι, ἰώ μοι
160πικρᾶς μὲν πελέκεως τομᾶς
σᾶς, πάτερ, πικρᾶς δ᾽ ἐκ
Τροΐας ὁδίου βουλᾶς:
οὐ μίτραισι γυνή σε
δέξατ᾽ οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ στεφάνοις,
ξίφεσι δ᾽ ἀμφιτόμοις λυγρὰν
165Αἰγίσθου λώβαν θεμένα
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