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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σὺ δʼ ἐμῶν μύθων ἐπάκουσον.
καὶ πρῶτα μέν σοι τὰς ἐμὰς λέξω τύχας,
ὅσους πονήσας καὶ διεξελθὼν πόνους
1420
ἀθάνατον ἀρετὴν ἔσχον, ὡς πάρεσθʼ ὁρᾶν.
καὶ σοί, σάφʼ ἴσθι, τοῦτʼ ὀφείλεται παθεῖν,
ἐκ τῶν πόνων τῶνδʼ εὐκλεᾶ θέσθαι βίον.
ἐλθὼν δὲ σὺν τῷδʼ ἀνδρὶ πρὸς τὸ Τρωικὸν
πόλισμα, πρῶτον μὲν νόσου παύσει λυγρᾶς,
1425
ἀρετῇ τε πρῶτος ἐκκριθεὶς στρατεύματος,
Πάριν μέν, ὃς τῶνδʼ αἴτιος κακῶν ἔφυ,
τόξοισι τοῖς ἐμοῖσι νοσφιεῖς βίου,
πέρσεις τε Τροίαν, σκῦλά τʼ εἰς μέλαθρα σὰ
πέμψεις, ἀριστεῖʼ ἐκλαβὼν στρατεύματος,
1430
Ποίαντι πατρὶ πρὸς πάτρας Οἴτης πλάκα.
ἃ δʼ ἂν λάβῃς σὺ σκῦλα τοῦδε τοῦ στρατοῦ,
τόξων ἐμῶν μνημεῖα πρὸς πυρὰν ἐμὴν
κόμιζε. καὶ σοὶ ταῦτʼ, Ἀχιλλέως τέκνον,
παρῄνεσʼ· οὔτε γὰρ σὺ τοῦδʼ ἄτερ σθένεις
1435
ἑλεῖν τὸ Τροίας πεδίον οὔθʼ οὗτος σέθεν.
ἀλλʼ ὡς λέοντε συννόμω φυλάσσετον
οὗτος σὲ καὶ σὺ τόνδʼ· ἐγὼ δʼ Ἀσκληπιὸν
παυστῆρα πέμψω σῆς νόσου πρὸς Ἴλιον.
τὸ δεύτερον γὰρ τοῖς ἐμοῖς αὐτὴν χρεὼν
1440
τόξοις ἁλῶναι. τοῦτο δʼ ἐννοεῖθʼ, ὅταν
πορθῆτε γαῖαν, εὐσεβεῖν τὰ πρὸς θεούς·
ὡς τἄλλα πάντα δεύτερʼ ἡγεῖται πατὴρ
Ζεύς· οὐ γὰρ εὐσέβεια συνθνῄσκει βροτοῖς·
κἂν ζῶσι κἂν θάνωσιν, οὐκ ἀπόλλυται.
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Φιλοκτήτης
1445
ὦ φθέγμα ποθεινὸν ἐμοὶ πέμψας
χρόνιός τε φανείς,
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