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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οἱ δʼ εἶπον, οἴμοι, τλημονέστατον λόγον·
ὦ σπέρμʼ Ἀχιλλέως, τἄλλα μὲν πάρεστί σοι
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πατρῷʼ ἑλέσθαι, τῶν δʼ ὅπλων κείνων ἀνὴρ
ἄλλος κρατύνει νῦν, ὁ Λαέρτου γόνος.
κἀγὼ δακρύσας εὐθὺς ἐξανίσταμαι
ὀργῇ βαρείᾳ, καὶ καταλγήσας λέγω·
ὦ σχέτλιʼ, ἦ ʼτολμήσατʼ ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ τινι
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δοῦναι τὰ τεύχη τἀμά, πρὶν μαθεῖν ἐμοῦ;
ὁ δʼ εἶπʼ Ὀδυσσεύς, πλησίον γὰρ ὢν κυρεῖ,
ναί, παῖ, δεδώκασʼ ἐνδίκως οὗτοι τάδε·
ἐγὼ γὰρ αὔτʼ ἔσωσα κἀκεῖνον παρών.
κἀγὼ χολωθεὶς εὐθὺς ἤρασσον κακοῖς
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τοῖς πᾶσιν, οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιούμενος,
εἰ τἀμὰ κεῖνος ὅπλʼ ἀφαιρήσοιτό με.
ὁ δʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἥκων, καίπερ οὐ δύσοργος ὤν,
δηχθεὶς πρὸς ἁξήκουσεν ὧδʼ ἠμείψατο·
οὐκ ἦσθʼ ἵνʼ ἡμεῖς, ἀλλʼ ἀπῆσθʼ ἵνʼ οὔ σʼ ἔδει·
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καὶ ταῦτʼ, ἐπειδὴ καὶ λέγεις θρασυστομῶν,
οὐ μήποτʼ ἐς τὴν Σκῦρον ἐκπλεύσῃς ἔχων.
τοιαῦτʼ ἀκούσας κἀξονειδισθεὶς κακὰ
πλέω πρὸς οἴκους, τῶν ἐμῶν τητώμενος
πρὸς τοῦ κακίστου κἀκ κακῶν Ὀδυσσέως.
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κοὐκ αἰτιῶμαι κεῖνον ὡς τοὺς ἐν τέλει·
πόλις γάρ ἐστι πᾶσα τῶν ἡγουμένων
στρατός τε σύμπας· οἱ δʼ ἀκοσμοῦντες βροτῶν
διδασκάλων λόγοισι γίγνονται κακοί.
λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς· ὁ δʼ Ἀτρείδας στυγῶν
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ἐμοί θʼ ὁμοίως καὶ θεοῖς εἴη φίλος.
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ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι Γᾶ, μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός,
ἃ τὸν μέγαν Πακτωλὸν εὔχρυσον νέμεις,
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