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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ἐξεμπολήσει κέρδος ἢ ξενώσεται.
οὐκ ἐνθάδʼ οἱ πλοῖ τοῖσι σώφροσιν βροτῶν.
305
τάχʼ οὖν τις ἄκων ἔσχε· πολλὰ γὰρ τάδε
ἐν τῷ μακρῷ γένοιτʼ ἂν ἀνθρώπων χρόνῳ·
οὗτοί μʼ, ὅταν μόλωσιν, ὦ τέκνον, λόγοις
ἐλεοῦσι μέν, καί πού τι καὶ βορᾶς μέρος
προσέδοσαν οἰκτίραντες ἤ τινα στολήν·
310
ἐκεῖνο δʼ οὐδείς, ἡνίκʼ ἂν μνησθῶ, θέλει,
σῶσαί μʼ ἐς οἴκους, ἀλλʼ ἀπόλλυμαι τάλας
ἔτος τόδʼ ἤδη δέκατον ἐν λιμῷ τε καὶ
κακοῖσι βόσκων τὴν ἀδηφάγον νόσον.
τοιαῦτʼ Ἀτρεῖδαί μʼ ἥ τʼ Ὀδυσσέως βία,
315
ὦ παῖ, δεδράκασʼ, οἷʼ Ὀλύμπιοι θεοὶ
δοῖέν ποτʼ αὐτοῖς ἀντίποινʼ ἐμοῦ παθεῖν.
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Χορός
ἔοικα κἀγὼ τοῖς ἀφιγμένοις ἴσα
ξένοις ἐποικτίρειν σε, Ποίαντος τέκνον.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ἐγὼ δὲ καὐτὸς τοῖσδε μάρτυς ἐν λόγοις,
320
ὡς εἴσʼ ἀληθεῖς οἶδα, συντυχὼν κακῶν
ἀνδρῶν Ἀτρειδῶν τῆς τʼ Ὀδυσσέως βίας.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἦ γάρ τι καὶ σὺ τοῖς πανωλέθροις ἔχεις
ἔγκλημʼ Ἀτρείδαις, ὥστε θυμοῦσθαι παθών;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
θυμὸν γένοιτο χειρὶ πληρῶσαί ποτε,
325
ἵνʼ αἱ Μυκῆναι γνοῖεν ἡ Σπάρτη θʼ ὅτι
χἠ Σκῦρος ἀνδρῶν ἀλκίμων μήτηρ ἔφυ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
εὖ γʼ, ὦ τέκνον· τίνος γὰρ ὧδε τὸν μέγαν
χόλον κατʼ αὐτῶν ἐγκαλῶν ἐλήλυθας;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ὦ παῖ Ποίαντος, ἐξερῶ, μόλις δʼ ἐρῶ,
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ἅγωγʼ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐξελωβήθην μολών.
ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἔσχε μοῖρʼ Ἀχιλλέα θανεῖν,
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι· φράσῃς μοι μὴ πέρα, πρὶν ἂν μάθω
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