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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ἀπὸ γὰρ βίον αὐτίκα λείψω.
1160
πόθεν γὰρ ἔσται βιοτά; τίς ὧδʼ ἐν αὔραις τρέφεται,
μηκέτι μηδενὸς κρατύνων ὅσα πέμπει βιόδωρος αἶα;
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Χορός
πρὸς θεῶν, εἴ τι σέβει ξένον, πέλασσον,
εὐνοίᾳ πάσᾳ πελάταν·
1165
ἀλλὰ γνῶθʼ, εὖ γνῶθʼ ἐπὶ σοὶ
κῆρα τάνδʼ ἀποφεύγειν.
οἰκτρὰ γὰρ βόσκειν, ἀδαὴς δʼ
ἔχειν μυρίον ἄχθος, ὃ ξυνοικεῖ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
1170
πάλιν πάλιν παλαιὸν ἄλγημʼ ὑπέμνασας, ὦ
λῷστε τῶν πρὶν ἐντόπων.
τί μʼ ὤλεσας; τί μʼ εἴργασαι;
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Χορός
τί τοῦτʼ ἔλεξας;
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Φιλοκτήτης
εἰ σὺ τὰν ἐμοὶ στυγερὰν
1175
Τρῳάδα γᾶν μʼ ἤλπισας ἄξειν.
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Χορός
τόδε γὰρ νοῶ κράτιστον.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἀπό νύν με λείπετʼ ἤδη.
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Χορός
φίλα μοι, φίλα ταῦτα παρήγγειλας ἑκόντι τε πράσσειν.
ἴωμεν ἴωμεν
1180
ναὸς ἵνʼ ἡμῖν τέτακται.
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Φιλοκτήτης
μή, πρὸς ἀραίου Διός, ἔλθῃς, ἱκετεύω.
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Χορός
μετρίαζʼ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ ξένοι, μείνατε, πρὸς θεῶν.
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Χορός
τί θροεῖς;
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Φιλοκτήτης
1185
αἰαῖ αἰαῖ, δαίμων δαίμων·
ἀπόλωλʼ ὁ τάλας·
ὦ ποὺς πούς, τί σʼ ἔτʼ ἐν βίῳ
τεύξω τῷ μετόπιν τάλας;
1190
ὦ ξένοι, ἔλθετʼ ἐπήλυδες αὖθις.
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Χορός
τί ῥέξοντες ἀλλοκότῳ
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