Euripides Electra 1172

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)) — 1172 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.) — 1172 focus
Doch sieh, vom Hause wenden sie daher den Schritt,
Befleckt mit ihrer Mutter kaum vergoßnem Blut:
Siegsmale, weckend Trauerton' in dusterm Laut!
Wohl ist auf Erden kein Geschlecht unſeliger,
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Kein's war es jemals, wie der Tantaliden Haus.
Orestes, Pylades und Elektra treten aus dem Hause. Der Chor. Diener tragen die beiden Leichen vor das Haus.