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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γνώμᾳ τῶν πάρος, ὧν προύφαινες;
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Φιλοκτήτης
οὔτοι νεμεσητόν,
ἀλύοντα χειμερίῳ
1195
λύπᾳ καὶ παρὰ νοῦν θροεῖν.
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Χορός
βᾶθί νυν, ὦ τάλαν, ὥς σε κελεύομεν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οὐδέποτʼ οὐδέποτʼ, ἴσθι τόδʼ ἔμπεδον,
οὐδʼ εἰ πυρφόρος ἀστεροπητὴς
βροντᾶς αὐγαῖς μʼ εἶσι φλογίζων.
1200
ἐρρέτω Ἴλιον οἵ θʼ ὑπʼ ἐκείνῳ
πάντες ὅσοι τόδʼ ἔτλασαν ἐμοῦ ποδὸς ἄρθρον ἀπῶσαι.
ἀλλʼ, ὦ ξένοι, ἕν γέ μοι εὖχος ὀρέξατε.
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Χορός
ποῖον ἐρεῖς τόδʼ ἔπος;
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Φιλοκτήτης
ξίφος, εἴ ποθεν,
ἢ γένυν ἢ βελέων τι προπέμψατε.
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Χορός
1205
ὡς τίνα δὴ ῥέξῃς παλάμαν ποτέ;
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Φιλοκτήτης
χρῶτʼ ἀπὸ πάντα καὶ ἄρθρα τέμω χερί·
φονᾷ φονᾷ νόος ἤδη.
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Χορός
τί ποτε;
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Φιλοκτήτης
πατέρα ματεύων.
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Χορός
1210
ποῖ γᾶς;
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἐς Ἅιδου·
οὐ γάρ ἐστʼ ἐν φάει γʼ ἔτι.
ὦ πόλις, ὦ πατρία,
πῶς ἂν εἰσίδοιμʼ ἄθλιός σʼ ἀνήρ,
ὅς γε σὰν λιπὼν ἱερὰν
1215
λιβάδʼ ἐχθροῖς ἔβαν Δαναοῖς
ἀρωγός· ἔτʼ οὐδέν εἰμι.
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Χορός
ἐγὼ μὲν ἤδη καὶ πάλαι νεὼς ὁμοῦ
στείχων ἂν ἦ σοι τῆς ἐμῆς, εἰ μὴ πέλας
Ὀδυσσέα στείχοντα τόν τʼ Ἀχιλλέως
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