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Χορός
ὑπώροφα μέλαθρα καὶ
γεραιὰ δέμνι᾽, ἀμφὶ βάκτροις
ἔρεισμα θέμενος, ἐστάλην
110ἰηλέμων γόων ἀοι-
δὸς ὥστε πολιὸς ὄρνις,
ἔπεα μόνον καὶ δόκη-
μα νυκτερωπὸν ἐννύχων ὀνείρων,
τρομερὰ μέν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως πρόθυμ᾽.
ὦ τέκεα, τέκεα πατρὸς ἀπάτορ᾽,
115ὦ γεραιὲ σύ τε τάλαινα μᾶ-
τερ, ἃ τὸν Ἀίδα δόμοις
πόσιν ἀναστενάζεις.
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