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τὸν ὄντα δ’ εἴσῃ μῦθον· οἵδε γὰρ ξένοι
ἥκουσ’ Ὀρέστου πρός με κήρυκες λόγων.
ἀλλ’, ὦ ξένοι, σύγγνωτε τοῖς εἰρημένοις.
You will know the truth: these strangers
have come from Orestes carrying messages for me.
Now, strangers, forgive what has been said.
Euripides Electra 346-8

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