<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text n="Oed."><body><div xml:lang="lat" type="edition" n="urn:cts:latinLit:phi1017.phi007.perseus-lat2"><sp who="#strophius electra"><l n="924">Electra, fletus causa quae laeta in domo est?</l></sp><sp who="#electra"><speaker>El.</speaker><l n="925">Pater peremptus scelere materno iacet, </l><l n="926">comes paternae quaeritur natus neci,</l><l n="927">Aegisthus arces Venere quaesitas tenet.</l></sp><sp who="#strophius"><speaker>Str.</speaker><l n="928">O nulla longi temporis felicitas!</l></sp><sp who="#electra"><speaker>El.</speaker><l n="929">Per te parentis memoriam obtestor mei,</l><l n="930">per sceptra terris nota, per dubios deos: </l><l n="931">recipe hunc Oresten ac pium furtum occule.</l></sp><sp who="#strophius"><speaker>Str.</speaker><l n="932">Etsi timendum caesus Agamemnon docet,</l><l n="933">aggrediar et te, Oresta, furabor libens,</l><l n="934"><del>fidem secunda poscunt, adversa exigunt</del></l><l n="935">cape hoc decorum ludicri certaminis, </l><l n="936">insigne frontis; laeva victricem tenens</l><l n="937">frondem virenti protegat ramo caput,</l><l n="938">et ista donum palma Pisaei Iovis</l><l n="939">velamen eadem praestet atque omen tibi.</l><l n="940">tuque o paternis assidens frenis comes, </l><l n="941">condisce, Pylade, patris exemplo fidem,</l><l n="942">vos Graecia nunc teste veloces equi</l><l n="943">infida cursu fugite praecipiti loca.</l></sp><pb n="p.276"/><sp who="#electra"><speaker>El.</speaker><l n="944">Excessit, abiit, currus effreno impetu</l><l n="945">cffugit aciem, tuta iam cpperiar meos </l><l n="946">hostes et ultro vulneri opponam caput.</l><l n="947">Adest cruenta coniugis victrix sui</l><l n="948">et signa caedis veste maculata gerit.</l><l n="949">manus recenti sanguine etiamnunc madent</l><l n="950">vultusque prae se scelera truculenti ferunt. </l><l n="951">concedam ad aras. patere me vittis tuis,</l><l n="952">Cassandra, iungi paria metuentem tibi.</l></sp><sp who="#clytemestra electra aegisthus cassandra"><speaker>Clytemestra Electra Aegisthus Cassandra</speaker><l n="953">Hostis parentis, impium atque audax caput,</l></sp></div></body></text></TEI>