# Ἑλένη 4.2

Euripides, Ἑλένη, Choral 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euripides/text-7/4.2

ὅ τι θεὸς ἢ μὴ θεὸς ἢ τὸ μέσον,
τίς φησʼ ἐρευνήσας βροτῶν
μακρότατον πέρας εὑρεῖν
ὃς τὰ θεῶν ἐσορᾷ
δεῦρο καὶ αὖθις ἐκεῖσε
καὶ πάλιν ἀντιλόγοις
πηδῶντʼ ἀνελπίστοις τύχαις;
σὺ Διὸς ἔφυς, ὦ Ἑλένα, θυγάτηρ·
πτανὸς γὰρ ἐν κόλποις σε Λή-
δας ἐτέκνωσε πατήρ.
κᾆτʼ ἰαχήθης καθʼ Ἑλλανίαν
προδότις ἄπιστος ἄδικος ἄθεος· οὐδʼ ἔχω
τί τὸ σαφὲς ἔτι ποτʼ ἐν βροτοῖς·
τὸ τῶν θεῶν δʼ ἔπος ἀλαθὲς ηὗρον.

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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/.