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Ἠλέκτρα
βέβακε γὰρ βέβακεν, οἴχεται τέκνων
πρόπασα γέννα Πέλοπος ὅ τ᾽ ἐπὶ μακαρίοις
ζῆλος ὤν ποτ᾽ οἴκοις:
φθόνος νιν εἷλε θεόθεν, ἅ τε δυσμενὴς
975φοινία ψῆφος ἐν πολίταις.
ἰὼ ἰώ, πανδάκρυτ᾽ ἐφαμέρων
ἔθνη πολύπονα, λεύσσεθ᾽, ὡς παρ᾽ ἐλπίδας
μοῖρα βαίνει.
ἕτερα δ᾽ ἕτερος ἀμείβεται
980πήματ᾽ ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ:
βροτῶν δ᾽ ὁ πᾶς ἀστάθμητος αἰών.
Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, vol. 3. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.
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