by Euripides (c484BCE - 406BCE)
ὦ Zeῦ, patēr te kaὶ sophὸs klῄzῃ theos
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: ENG
ὦ Zeῦ, patēr te kaὶ sophὸs klῄzῃ theos, blepson prὸs ἡmᾶs kaὶ metastēson kakῶn. ἕlkusi d᾽ ἡmῖn prὸs lepas tὰs symphorὰs spudῇ synapsai: kἂn ἄkrᾳ thigῃs cheri, ἥxomen ἵn᾽ ἐltheῖn bulomestha tῆs tychēs. ἅlis dὲ mochthōn oὓs ἐmochthoῦmen paros. keklēsthe moi, theoi, polla chrēsth᾽ ἐmoῦ klyein kaὶ lypr᾽: ὀpheilō d᾽ oὐk ἀeὶ prassein kakῶs, ὀrthῷ dὲ bῆnai podi: mian de moi charin dontes tὸ loipὸn eὐtychῆ me thēsete.
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- by Euripides (c484BCE - 406BCE), no title, appears in Ἑλένη (Helen), lines 1441-1450, words of Μενελέως (Menelaos) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hans Friedrich August von Arnim (1859 - 1931) , no title, appears in Zwölf Tragödien des Euripides, in Helena ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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- ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , words of Menelaus, copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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