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    Euripides, Heracleidae (ed. David Kovacs)

    Kêrux

    Editions and translations: Greek (ed. David Kovacs) | English (ed. David Kovacs)
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    Choros
    oukoun turannois têsde gês phrasanta se
    chrên tauta tolman, alla mê biai xenous
    theôn aphelkein, gên sebont' eleutheran;
    Kêrux
    tis d' esti chôras têsde kai poleôs anax;
    Choros
    115
    esthlou patros pais Dêmophôn ho Thêseôs.
    Kêrux
    pros touton hagôn ara toude tou logou
    malist' an eiê: talla d' eirêtai matên.
    Choros
    kai mên hod' autos erchetai spoudên echôn
    Akamas t' adelphos, tônd' epêkooi logôn.
    Dêmophôn
    120
    epeiper ephthês presbus ôn neôterous
    boêdromêsas tênd' ep' escharan Dios,
    lexon, tis ochlon tond' athroizetai tuchê;
    Choros
    hiketai kathêntai paides hoid' Hêrakleous
    bômon katastepsantes, hôs horais, anax,
    125
    patros te pistos Ioleôs parastatês.
    Dêmophôn
    ti dêt' iugmôn hêd' edeito sumphora;
    Choros
    biai nin houtos têsd' ap' escharas agein
    zêtôn boên estêse kasphêlen gonu
    gerontos, hôste m' ekbalein oiktôi dakru.
    Dêmophôn
    130
    kai mên stolên g' Hellêna kai rhuthmon peplôn
    echei, ta d' erga barbarou cheros tade.
    son dê to phrazein esti, mê mellein , emoi
    poias aphixai deuro gês horous lipôn;

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    Euripides. Euripides, with an English translation by David Kovacs. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. forthcoming.
    OCLC: 32167765
    ISBN: 0674995333

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