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Ἑκάβη
1240οὐκ ἦν ἄρ᾽ ἐν θεοῖσι πλὴν οὑμοὶ πόνοι
Τροία τε πόλεων ἔκκριτον μισουμένη,
μάτην δ᾽ ἐβουθυτοῦμεν. εἰ δὲ μὴ θεὸς
ἔστρεψε τἄνω περιβαλὼν κάτω χθονός,
ἀφανεῖς ἂν ὄντες οὐκ ἂν ὑμνήθημεν ἂν
1245μούσαις ἀοιδὰς δόντες ὑστέρων βροτῶν.
χωρεῖτε, θάπτετ᾽ ἀθλίῳ τύμβῳ νεκρόν:
ἔχει γὰρ οἷα δεῖ γε νερτέρων στέφη.
δοκῶ δὲ τοῖς θανοῦσι διαφέρειν βραχύ,
εἰ πλουσίων τις τεύξεται κτερισμάτων:
1250κενὸν δὲ γαύρωμ᾽ ἐστὶ τῶν ζώντων τόδε.
Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, vol. 2. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913.
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