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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σὲ κἀκεῖ, μᾶτερ πότνιʼ, ἐπηυδώμαν,
ὅτʼ ἐς τόνδʼ Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρις πᾶσʼ ἐχώρει,
ὅτε τὰ πάτρια τεύχεα παρεδίδοσαν,
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ἰὼ μάκαιρα ταυροκτόνων
λεόντων ἔφεδρε, τῷ Λαρτίου
σέβας ὑπέρτατον.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἔχοντες, ὡς ἔοικε, σύμβολον σαφὲς
λύπης πρὸς ἡμᾶς, ὦ ξένοι, πεπλεύκατε,
405
καί μοι προσᾴδεθʼ ὥστε γιγνώσκειν ὅτι
ταῦτʼ ἐξ Ἀτρειδῶν ἔργα κἀξ Ὀδυσσέως.
ἔξοιδα γάρ νιν παντὸς ἂν λόγου κακοῦ
γλώσσῃ θιγόντα καὶ πανουργίας, ἀφʼ ἧς
μηδὲν δίκαιον ἐς τέλος μέλλοι ποεῖν.
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ἀλλʼ οὔ τι τοῦτο θαῦμʼ ἔμοιγʼ, ἀλλʼ εἰ παρὼν
Αἴας ὁ μείζων ταῦθʼ ὁρῶν ἠνείχετο.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
οὐκ ἦν ἔτι ζῶν, ὦ ξένʼ· οὐ γὰρ ἄν ποτε
ζῶντός γʼ ἐκείνου ταῦτʼ ἐσυλήθην ἐγώ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
πῶς εἶπας; ἀλλʼ ἦ χοὖτος οἴχεται θανών;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
415
ὡς μηκέτʼ ὄντα κεῖνον ἐν φάει νόει.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι τάλας. ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁ Τυδέως γόνος
οὐδʼ οὑμπολητὸς Σισύφου Λαερτίῳ,
οὐ μὴ θάνωσι· τούσδε γὰρ μὴ ζῆν ἔδει.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
οὐ δῆτʼ· ἐπίστω τοῦτό γʼ· ἀλλὰ καὶ μέγα
420
θάλλοντές εἰσι νῦν ἐν Ἀργείων στρατῷ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
τί δʼ; οὐ παλαιὸς κἀγαθὸς φίλος τʼ ἐμός,
Νέστωρ ὁ Πύλιος, ἔστιν; οὗτος γὰρ τά γε
κείνων κάκʼ ἐξήρυκε, βουλεύων σοφά.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
κεῖνός γε πράσσει νῦν κακῶς, ἐπεὶ θανὼν
425
Ἀντίλοχος αὐτῷ φροῦδος, ὃς παρῆν, γόνος.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι, δύʼ αὖ τώδʼ ἄνδρʼ ἔλεξας, οἷν ἐγὼ
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