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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τὰν ἐμὰν μελέου τροφάν,
τὰν οὐδείς ποτʼ ἐβάστασεν.
ὦ τόξον φίλον, ὦ φίλων
χειρῶν ἐκβεβιασμένον,
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ἦ που ἐλεινὸν ὁρᾷς, φρένας εἴ τινας
ἔχεις, τὸν Ἡράκλειον
ἄρθμιον ὧδέ σοι
οὐκέτι χρησόμενον τὸ μεθύστερον,
ἄλλου δʼ ἐν μεταλλαγᾷ
1135
πολυμηχάνου ἀνδρὸς ἐρέσσει,
ὁρῶν μὲν αἰσχρὰς ἀπάτας, στυγνὸν δὲ φῶτʼ ἐχθοδοπόν,
μυρίʼ, ἀπʼ αἰσχρῶν ἀνατέλλονθʼ, ὃς ἐφʼ ἡμῖν κάκʼ ἐμήσατʼ, ὦ Ζεῦ.
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Χορός
1140
ἀνδρός τοι τὰ μὲν ἔνδικʼ αἰὲν εἰπεῖν,
εἰπόντος δὲ μὴ φθονερὰν
ἐξῶσαι γλώσσας ὀδύναν.
κεῖνος δʼ εἷς ἀπὸ πολλῶν
ταχθεὶς τῶνδʼ ἐφημοσύνᾳ
1145
κοινὰν ἤνυσεν ἐς φίλους ἀρωγάν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ πταναὶ θῆραι χαροπῶν τʼ
ἔθνη θηρῶν, οὓς ὅδʼ ἔχει
χῶρος οὐρεσιβώτας,
μηκέτʼ ἀπʼ αὐλίων φυγᾷ
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πηδᾶτʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἔχω χεροῖν
τὰν πρόσθεν βελέων ἀλκάν,
ὦ δύστανος ἐγὼ τανῦν,
ἀλλʼ ἀνέδην, ὁ δὲ χῶρος ἄρʼ οὐκέτι
φοβητὸς οὐκέθʼ ὑμῖν,
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ἕρπετε· νῦν καλὸν
ἀντίφονον κορέσαι στόμα πρὸς χάριν
ἐμᾶς σαρκὸς αἰόλας·
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