Χορός
εἶα δὴ πρώτιστα μὲν χρὴ κοῦφον ἐξορμᾶν πόδα
καὶ διασκοπεῖν σιωπῇ πανταχῇ· μόνον δὲ χρὴ
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μὴ βραδύνειν, ὡς ὁ καιρός ἐστι μὴ μέλλειν ἔτι,
ἀλλὰ τὴν πρώτην τρέχειν χρῆν ὡς τάχιστʼ ἤδη κύκλῳ.
Thesmophoriazusae. Aristophanes. ed. F. W. Hall, ed. William M. Geldart. Oxford. 1907.
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