Λίχας
Λίχας
οὔκ, ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν πλεῖστον ἐν Λυδοῖς χρόνον
κατείχεθ᾽, ὥς φησ᾽ αὐτός, οὐκ ἐλεύθερος,
250ἀλλ᾽ ἐμποληθείς: τοῦ λόγου δ᾽ οὐ χρὴ φθόνον,
γύναι, προσεῖναι, Ζεὺς ὅτου πράκτωρ φανῇ.
κεῖνος δὲ πραθεὶς Ὀμφάλῃ τῇ βαρβάρῳ
ἐνιαυτὸν ἐξέπλησεν, ὡς αὐτὸς λέγει.
χοὔτως ἐδήχθη τοῦτο τοὔνειδος λαβὼν
255ὥσθ᾽ ὅρκον αὑτῷ προσβαλὼν διώμοσεν,
ἦ μὴν τὸν ἀγχιστῆρα τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους
ξὺν παιδὶ καὶ γυναικὶ δουλώσειν ἔτι.
κοὐχ ἡλίωσε τοὔπος, ἀλλ᾽ ὅθ᾽ ἁγνὸς ἦν,
στρατὸν λαβὼν ἐπακτὸν ἔρχεται πόλιν
260τὴν Εὐρυτείαν. τόνδε γὰρ μεταίτιον
μόνον βροτῶν ἔφασκε τοῦδ᾽ εἶναι πάθους:
ὃς αὐτὸν ἐλθόντ᾽ ἐς δόμους ἐφέστιον,
ξένον παλαιὸν ὄντα, πολλὰ μὲν λόγοις
ἐπερρόθησε, πολλὰ δ᾽ ἀτηρᾷ φρενί,
265λέγων χεροῖν μὲν ὡς ἄφυκτ᾽ ἔχων βέλη
τῶν ὧν τέκνων λείποιτο πρὸς τόξου κρίσιν,
φωνεῖ δὲ δοῦλος ἀνδρὸς ὡς ἐλευθέρου
ῥαίοιτο: δείπνοις δ᾽ ἡνίκ᾽ ἦν ᾠνωμένος,
ἔρριψεν ἐκτὸς αὐτόν. ὧν ἔχων χόλον,
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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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