Electra 1136-1142
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Literature: poetry See all items with this value
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5th century BCE See all items with this value
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420-414
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Sophocles See all items with this value
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Electra 1136-1142
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νῦν δ’ ἐκτὸς οἴκων κἀπὶ γῆς ἄλλης φυγὰς κακῶς ἀπώλου, σῆς κασιγνήτης δίχα, κοὔτ’ ἐν φίλαισι χερσὶν ἡ τάλαιν’ ἐγὼ λουτροῖς σ’ ἐκόσμησ’ οὔτε παμφλέκτου πυρὸς ἀνειλόμην, ὡς εἰκός, ἄθλιον βάρος, ἀλλ’ ἐν ξέναισι χερσὶ κηδευθεὶς τάλας σμικρὸς προσήκεις ὄγκος ἐν σμικρῷ κύτει.
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Verb (active) See all items with this value
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Person Funerary See all items with this value
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Corpse of Orestes
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Funeral dress and offerings
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Strangers, not Orestes' family
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A02238
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