φησὶ Σοφοκλῆς. [p. 146]
ὦ γλῶσσα, σιγήσασα τὸν πολὺν χρόνον,
πῶς δῆτα τλήσῃ πρᾶγμ᾽ ὑπεξελθεῖν τόδε;
ἦ τῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἐμβριθέστερον,
ὑφ᾽ ἧς τὸ κρυφθὲν ἐκφανεῖς ἀνακτόρων,
αὐτὸς ἐμαυτοῦ Ἰόλεώς τε καὶ Ἀλκείδης γενήσομαι.
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φησὶ Σοφοκλῆς. [p. 146]
ὦ γλῶσσα, σιγήσασα τὸν πολὺν χρόνον,
πῶς δῆτα τλήσῃ πρᾶγμ᾽ ὑπεξελθεῖν τόδε;
ἦ τῆς ἀνάγκης οὐδὲν ἐμβριθέστερον,
ὑφ᾽ ἧς τὸ κρυφθὲν ἐκφανεῖς ἀνακτόρων,
αὐτὸς ἐμαυτοῦ Ἰόλεώς τε καὶ Ἀλκείδης γενήσομαι.
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