Χορός
εὐδαίμων μὲν ὃς ἐκ θαλάσσας
ἔφυγε χεῖμα, λιμένα δʼ ἔκιχεν·
εὐδαίμων δʼ ὃς ὕπερθε μόχθων
ἐγένεθʼ· ἑτέρᾳ δʼ ἕτερος ἕτερον
905
ὄλβῳ καὶ δυνάμει παρῆλθεν.
μυρίαι δʼ ἔτι μυρίοις
εἰσὶν ἐλπίδες· αἳ μὲν
τελευτῶσιν ἐν ὄλβῳ
βροτοῖς, αἳ δʼ ἀπέβησαν·
τὸ δὲ κατʼ ἦμαρ ὅτῳ βίοτος
910
εὐδαίμων, μακαρίζω.
Bacchae. Euripides. ed. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. 1913.
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