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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φροντίδας νέας.
ὡς οὐκ ἔξεδρος, ἀλλʼ ἔντοπος ἁνήρ,
οὐ μολπὰν σύριγγος ἔχων,
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ὡς ποιμὴν ἀγροβότας, ἀλλʼ ἤ που πταίων ὑπʼ ἀνάγκας
βοᾷ τηλωπὸν ἰωάν,
ἢ ναὸς ἄξενον αὐγάζων ὅρμον· προβοᾷ τι γὰρ δεινόν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἰὼ ξένοι,
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τίνες ποτʼ ἐς γῆν τήνδε κἀκ ποίας πάτρας
κατέσχετʼ οὔτʼ εὔορμον οὔτʼ οἰκουμένην;
ποίας ἂν ὑμᾶς πατρίδος ἢ γένους ποτὲ
τύχοιμʼ ἂν εἰπών; σχῆμα μὲν γὰρ Ἑλλάδος
στολῆς ὑπάρχει προσφιλεστάτης ἐμοί·
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φωνῆς δʼ ἀκοῦσαι βούλομαι· καὶ μή μʼ ὄκνῳ
δείσαντες ἐκπλαγῆτʼ ἀπηγριωμένον,
ἀλλʼ οἰκτίσαντες ἄνδρα δύστηνον, μόνον,
ἔρημον ὧδε κἄφιλον κακούμενον,
φωνήσατʼ, εἴπερ ὡς φίλοι προσήκετε.
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ἀλλʼ ἀνταμείψασθʼ· οὐ γὰρ εἰκὸς οὔτʼ ἐμὲ
ὑμῶν ἁμαρτεῖν τοῦτό γʼ οὔθʼ ὑμᾶς ἐμοῦ.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ἀλλʼ, ὦ ξένʼ, ἴσθι τοῦτο πρῶτον, οὕνεκα
Ἕλληνές ἐσμεν· τοῦτο γὰρ βούλει μαθεῖν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ φίλτατον φώνημα· φεῦ τὸ καὶ λαβεῖν
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πρόσφθεγμα τοιοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς ἐν χρόνῳ μακρῷ.
τίς σʼ, ὦ τέκνον, προσέσχε, τίς προσήγαγεν
χρεία; τίς ὁρμή; τίς ἀνέμων ὁ φίλτατος;
γέγωνέ μοι πᾶν τοῦθʼ, ὅπως εἰδῶ τίς εἶ.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ἐγὼ γένος μέν εἰμι τῆς περιρρύτου
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Σκύρου· πλέω δʼ ἐς οἶκον· αὐδῶμαι δὲ παῖς
Ἀχιλλέως, Νεοπτόλεμος. οἶσθα δὴ τὸ πᾶν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ φιλτάτου παῖ πατρός, ὦ φίλης χθονός,
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