Χορός
φεῦ φεῦ: τὸ πᾶν δὴ δεσπόταισι τοῖς πάλαι
765πρόρριζον, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἔφθαρται γένος.
Κλυταιμνήστρα
ὦ Ζεῦ, τί ταῦτα, πότερον εὐτυχῆ λέγω,
ἢ δεινὰ μέν, κέρδη δέ; λυπηρῶς δ᾽ ἔχει,
εἰ τοῖς ἐμαυτῆς τὸν βίον σῴζω κακοῖς.
Παιδαγωγός
τί δ᾽ ὧδ᾽ ἀθυμεῖς, ὦ γύναι, τῷ νῦν λόγῳ;
Κλυταιμνήστρα
770δεινὸν τὸ τίκτειν ἐστίν: οὐδὲ γὰρ κακῶς
πάσχοντι μῖσος ὧν τέκῃ προσγίγνεται.
Παιδαγωγός
μάτην ἄρ᾽ ἡμεῖς, ὡς ἔοικεν, ἥκομεν.
Κλυταιμνήστρα
οὔτοι μάτην γε: πῶς γὰρ ἂν μάτην λέγοις,
εἴ μοι θανόντος πίστ᾽ ἔχων τεκμήρια
775προσῆλθες, ὅστις τῆς ἐμῆς ψυχῆς γεγώς,
μαστῶν ἀποστὰς καὶ τροφῆς ἐμῆς, φυγὰς
ἀπεξενοῦτο καί μ᾽, ἐπεὶ τῆσδε χθονὸς
ἐξῆλθεν, οὐκέτ᾽ εἶδεν, ἐγκαλῶν δέ μοι
φόνους πατρῴους δείν᾽ ἐπηπείλει τελεῖν;
780ὥστ᾽ οὔτε νυκτὸς ὕπνον οὔτ᾽ ἐξ ἡμέρας
ἐμὲ στεγάζειν ἡδύν, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ προστατῶν
χρόνος διῆγέ μ᾽ αἰὲν ὡς θανουμένην.
νῦν δ᾽—ἡμέρᾳ γὰρ τῇδ᾽ ἀπήλλαγμαι φόβου
πρὸς τῆσδ᾽ ἐκείνου θ᾽: ἥδε γὰρ μείζων βλάβη
785ξύνοικος ἦν μοι, τοὐμὸν ἐκπίνουσ᾽ ἀεὶ
ψυχῆς ἄκρατον αἷμα—νῦν δ᾽ ἕκηλά που
τῶν τῆσδ᾽ ἀπειλῶν οὕνεχ᾽ ἡμερεύσομεν.
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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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