Euripides, Electra, ed. Gilbert Murray, 167

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Χορός

Ἀγαμέμνονος ὦ κόρα,

ἤλυθον, Ἠλέκτρα, ποτὶ

σὰν ἀγρότειραν αὐλάν.

ἔμολέ τις ἔμολεν γαλακτοπότας ἀνὴρ
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Μυκηναῖος ὀρειβάτας·

ἀγγέλλει δʼ ὅτι νῦν τριταί-

αν καρύσσουσιν θυσίαν

Ἀργεῖοι, πᾶσαι δὲ παρʼ Ἥ-

ραν μέλλουσιν παρθενικαὶ στείχειν.

Ἠλέκτρα

οὐκ ἐπʼ ἀγλαΐαις, φίλαι,
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θυμὸν οὐδʼ ἐπὶ χρυσέοις

ὅρμοις ἐκπεπόταμαι

τάλαινʼ, οὐδʼ ἱστᾶσα χοροὺς

Ἀργείαις ἅμα νύμφαις

εἱλικτὸν κρούσω πόδʼ ἐμόν.
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δάκρυσι νυχεύ-

ω, δακρύων δέ μοι μέλει

δειλαίᾳ τὸ κατʼ ἦμαρ.

σκέψαι μου πιναρὰν κόμαν

καὶ τρύχη τάδʼ ἐμῶν πέπλων,
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εἰ πρέποντʼ Ἀγαμέμνονος

κούρᾳ ʼσται βασιλείᾳ

τᾷ Τροίᾳ θʼ, ἃ ʼμοῦ πατέρος

μέμναταί ποθʼ ἁλοῦσα.

Electra. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.

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Ἠλέκτρα (Greek) (Euripides. Euripidis Fabulae, Vol. II. Murray, Gilbert, editor. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. (Reprinted 1921-1962))

Translations (3)

Electra Perseus (Euripides. The Plays of Euripides, Vol. II. Coleridge, Edward P., translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1891. (Modernized by Perseus.)) — 167 focus

Chorus

O Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, I have come to your rustic courtyard. A milk-drinker from Mycenae has come, he has come,

a mountain walker; he reports that the Argives are proclaiming a sacrifice for the third day from now, and that all maidens are to go to Hera’s temple.
170

Electra

My unhappy heart beats fast, friends, but not at adornment or gold; nor will I set up choruses with the maidens of Argos
175

and beat my foot in the mazes of the dance. By tears I pass the night; tears are my unhappy care day by day. See if my filthy hair,
180

and the rags of my dress, will be fit for a princess, a daughter of Agamemnon, or for Troy , once taken, which remembers my father.
185

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.) — 167 focus

Agamemnons Tochter, o sieh

Hier mich kommen, Elektra, zu dir an die landliche Hutte!¹

Es kam heut, es kam
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Ein Bürger Mykene's, der

Von Milch lebt, ein Bergwanderer,

Meldet, daß auf den dritten Tag

Argos' Volk ein Opfer und Fest

Angekündet, und alle Jungfrau'n
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Sich bereiten, zu Hera's Tempel zu zieh'n.²

Elektra.

Nicht zu Wonnen, geliebte Fraun,

Nicht zu goldnem Geschmeide fliegt

Mein unseliger Geist auf;

Nicht zu Mädchen aus Argos im
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Reigentanz mich gesellend,

Schwing' ich meinen behenden Fuß:

Thränen vergieß' ich, Thränen nur sind meine Lust,

Täglich Wonne mir Armen.

Sieh mein schmucklos flatterndes Haar,
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Sieh die zerriſſnen Gewänder hier,

Ob Agamemnons Tochter es so,

Ob es dem Königskinde geziemt

Oder Ilion, das gedenkt,

Wie mein Vater es einnahm.
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Euripides Electra 167

ed. Gilbert Murray

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Chorus

O Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, I have come to your rustic courtyard. A milk-drinker from Mycenae has come, he has come,

a mountain walker; he reports that the Argives are proclaiming a sacrifice for the third day from now, and that all maidens are to go to Hera’s temple.
170

Der Chor.

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Chorus O Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, I have come to your rustic courtyard. A milk-drinker from Mycenae has come, he has come, a mountain walker; he reports that the Argives are proclaiming a sacrifice for the third day from now, and that all maidens are to go to Hera’s temple. 170

Der Chor.

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Chorus

O Electra, daughter of Agamemnon, I have come to your rustic courtyard. A milk-drinker from Mycenae has come, he has come,

a mountain walker; he reports that the Argives are proclaiming a sacrifice for the third day from now, and that all maidens are to go to Hera’s temple.
170