by Euripides (c484BCE - 406BCE)
ὦ Ζεῦ, πατήρ τε καὶ σοφὸς κλῄζῃ θεός
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Available translation(s): ENG
Μενελέως ὦ Ζεῦ, πατήρ τε καὶ σοφὸς κλῄζῃ θεός, βλέψον πρὸς ἡμᾶς καὶ μετάστησον κακῶν. ἕλκουσι δ᾽ ἡμῖν πρὸς λέπας τὰς συμφορὰς σπουδῇ σύναψαι: κἂν ἄκρᾳ θίγῃς χερί, ἥξομεν ἵν᾽ ἐλθεῖν βουλόμεσθα τῆς τύχης. ἅλις δὲ μόχθων οὓς ἐμοχθοῦμεν πάρος. κέκλησθέ μοι, θεοί, πολλά χρήσθ᾽ ἐμοῦ κλύειν καὶ λύπρ᾽: ὀφείλω δ᾽ οὐκ ἀεὶ πράσσειν κακῶς, ὀρθῷ δὲ βῆναι ποδί: μίαν δέ μοι χάριν δόντες τὸ λοιπὸν εὐτυχῆ με θήσετε.
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- by Euripides (c484BCE - 406BCE), no title, appears in Ἑλένη (Helen), lines 1441-1450 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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