# Ἑλένη 3.3

Euripides, Ἑλένη, Episode 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euripides/text-7/3.3

ἤκουσα τᾶς θεσπιῳδοῦ κόρας,
ἃ χρῄζουσʼ ἐφάνη τυράννοις
δόμοις, ὡς Μενέλαος οὔ-
πω μελαμφαὲς οἴχεται
διʼ ἔρεβος χθονὶ κρυφθείς,
ἀλλʼ ἔτι κατʼ οἶδμʼ ἅλιον
τρυχόμενος οὔπω λιμένων
ψαύσειεν πατρίας γᾶς,
ἀλατείᾳ βιότου
ταλαίφρων, ἄφιλος φίλων,
παντοδαπᾶς ἐπὶ γᾶς πόδα
χριμπτόμενος εἰναλίῳ
κώπᾳ Τρῳάδος ἐκ γᾶς.

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Euripides, Ἑλένη, ed. Gilbert Murray. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0006.tlg014.local001/.