Euripides Electra 1147

Edward P. Coleridge (Translator)

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Electra. Euripides. Edward P. Coleridge (Translator). London. 1891.

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Electra (English) (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.))

Editions (1)
Ἠλέκτρα Perseus (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962)) — 1147 focus
Translations (2)
Electra (OCR draft) Experimental (Electra. Robert Potter's English verse translation, first published in 1781–1783; text from the 1808 Oxford printing.)

No corresponding passage available

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1852; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (Euripides. Deutsch in den Versmaßen der Urschrift. Volume 3, Heidelberg: C. F. Winter, 1852. Harvard OCR compared with an independent BSB copy. Native Donner verse citations, Murray reference cards, explicitly located notes and page facsimiles. Unresolved OCR, verse divisions, unlocated notes and printed errata are documented in the source review.) — 1147 focus
So schwer büßt die Schuld. Andere Lüfte weh'n
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Um dich, Königshaus! Im Bad endet' einst,
Der mein Führer im Kampfe war;
Und laut scholl das Haus, und laut dröhnten rings
Die Steinzinnen, als er rief: „Schåndliche,
Warum willst du mich, o Weib, morden, mich,
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Der nach der zehnten Saat in sein theures Land heimgekehrt?"
Gegenstrophe.