Philoctetes, Sophocles, creator; Sophocles with an English translation Vol 2; Storr, Francis, 1839-1919, editor, translator. London, New York: William Heinemann Ltd., The Macmillan Company, 1913.
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1090
ἔσται; τοῦ ποτε τεύξομαι
σιτονόμου μέλεος πόθεν ἐλπίδος;
πέλειαι δʼ ἄνω
πτωκάδες ὀξυτόνου διὰ πνεύματος
ἐλῶσιν· οὐκέτʼ ἴσχω.
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Χορός
1095
σύ τοι σύ τοι κατηξίωσας,
ὦ βαρύποτμε, κοὐκ
ἄλλοθεν ἔχει τύχᾳ τᾷδʼ ἀπὸ μείζονος,
εὖτέ γε παρὸν φρονῆσαι
1100
τοῦ λῴονος δαίμονος εἵλου τὸ κάκιον αἰνεῖν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ τλάμων τλάμων ἄρʼ ἐγὼ
καὶ μόχθῳ λωβατός, ὃς ἤδη μετʼ οὐδενὸς ὕστερον
ἀνδρῶν εἰσοπίσω τάλας ναίων ἐνθάδʼ ὀλοῦμαι,
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ,
οὐ φορβὰν ἔτι προσφέρων,
οὐ πτανῶν ἀπʼ ἐμῶν ὅπλων
1110
κραταιαῖς μετὰ χερσὶν
ἴσχων· ἀλλά μοι ἄσκοπα
κρυπτά τʼ ἔπη δολερᾶς ὑπέδυ φρενός·
ἰδοίμαν δέ νιν,
τὸν τάδε μησάμενον, τὸν ἴσον χρόνον
1115
ἐμὰς λαχόντʼ ἀνίας.
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Χορός
πότμος, πότμος σε δαιμόνων τάδʼ,
οὐδὲ σέ γε δόλος,
ἔσχεν ὑπὸ χειρὸς ἀμᾶς. στυγερὰν ἔχε
1120
δύσποτμον ἀρὰν ἐπʼ ἄλλοις.
καὶ γὰρ ἐμοὶ τοῦτο μέλει, μὴ φιλότητʼ ἀπώσῃ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι μοι, καί που πολιᾶς
πόντου θινὸς ἐφήμενος
1125
ἐγγελᾷ, χερὶ πάλλων
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