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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ἥκιστʼ ἂν ἠθέλησʼ ὀλωλότοιν κλύειν.
φεῦ φεῦ· τί δῆτα δεῖ σκοπεῖν, ὅθʼ οἵδε μὲν
τεθνᾶσʼ, Ὀδυσσεὺς δʼ ἔστιν αὖ κἀνταῦθʼ ἵνα
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χρῆν ἀντὶ τούτων αὐτὸν αὐδᾶσθαι νεκρόν;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
σοφὸς παλαιστὴς κεῖνος· ἀλλὰ χαἰ σοφαὶ
γνῶμαι, Φιλοκτῆτʼ, ἐμποδίζονται θαμά.
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Φιλοκτήτης
φέρʼ εἰπὲ πρὸς θεῶν, ποῦ γὰρ ἦν ἐνταῦθά σοι
Πάτροκλος, ὃς σοῦ πατρὸς ἦν τὰ φίλτατα;
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435
χοὖτος τεθνηκὼς ἦν· λόγῳ δέ σʼ ἐν βραχεῖ
τοῦτʼ ἐκδιδάξω· πόλεμος οὐδένʼ ἄνδρʼ ἑκὼν
αἱρεῖ πονηρόν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς χρηστοὺς ἀεί.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ξυμμαρτυρῶ σοι· καὶ κατʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτό γε
ἀναξίου μὲν φωτὸς ἐξερήσομαι,
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γλώσσῃ δὲ δεινοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ, τί νῦν κυρεῖ.
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ποίου δὲ τούτου πλήν γʼ Ὀδυσσέως ἐρεῖς;
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Φιλοκτήτης
οὐ τοῦτον εἶπον, ἀλλὰ Θερσίτης τις ἦν,
ὃς οὐκ ἂν εἵλετʼ εἰσάπαξ εἰπεῖν, ὅπου
μηδεὶς ἐῴη· τοῦτον οἶσθʼ εἰ ζῶν κυρεῖ;
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445
οὐκ εἶδον αὐτόν, ᾐσθόμην δʼ ἔτʼ ὄντα νιν.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἔμελλʼ· ἐπεὶ οὐδέν πω κακόν γʼ ἀπώλετο,
ἀλλʼ εὖ περιστέλλουσιν αὐτὰ δαίμονες,
καί πως τὰ μὲν πανοῦργα καὶ παλιντριβῆ
χαίρουσʼ ἀναστρέφοντες ἐξ Ἅιδου, τὰ δὲ
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δίκαια καὶ τὰ χρήστʼ ἀποστέλλουσʼ ἀεί.
ποῦ χρὴ τίθεσθαι ταῦτα, ποῦ δʼ αἰνεῖν, ὅταν
τὰ θεῖʼ ἐπαινῶν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ἐγὼ μέν, ὦ γένεθλον Οἰταίου πατρός,
τὸ λοιπὸν ἤδη τηλόθεν τό τʼ Ἴλιον
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καὶ τοὺς Ἀτρείδας εἰσορῶν φυλάξομαι·
ὅπου δʼ ὁ χείρων τἀγαθοῦ μεῖζον σθένει
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