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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σοὶ πάντες εἶεν συννεναυστοληκότες,
ἔδοξέ μοι μὴ σῖγα, πρὶν φράσαιμί σοι,
τὸν πλοῦν ποεῖσθαι, προστυχόντι τῶν ἴσων.
οὐδὲν σύ που κάτοισθα τῶν σαυτοῦ πέρι,
ἃ τοῖσιν Ἀργείοισιν ἀμφὶ σοῦ νέα
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βουλεύματʼ ἐστί, κοὐ μόνον βουλεύματα,
ἀλλʼ ἔργα δρώμενʼ, οὐκέτʼ ἐξαργούμενα.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ἀλλʼ ἡ χάρις μὲν τῆς προμηθίας, ξένε,
εἰ μὴ κακὸς πέφυκα, προσφιλὴς μενεῖ·
φράσον δʼ ἅπερ, γʼ ἔλεξας, ὡς μάθω τί μοι
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νεώτερον, βούλευμʼ ἀπʼ Ἀργείων ἔχεις.
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φροῦδοι διώκοντές σε ναυτικῷ στόλῳ
Φοῖνιξ ὁ πρέσβυς οἵ τε Θησέως κόροι.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ὡς ἐκ βίας μʼ ἄξοντες ἢ λόγοις πάλιν;
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οὐκ οἶδʼ· ἀκούσας δʼ ἄγγελος πάρειμί σοι.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
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ἦ ταῦτα δὴ Φοῖνίξ τε χοἰ ξυνναυβάται
οὕτω καθʼ ὁρμὴν δρῶσιν Ἀτρειδῶν χάριν;
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ὡς ταῦτʼ ἐπίστω δρώμενʼ, οὐ μέλλοντʼ ἔτι.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
πῶς οὖν Ὀδυσσεὺς πρὸς τάδʼ οὐκ αὐτάγγελος
πλεῖν ἦν ἕτοιμος; ἢ φόβος τις εἶργέ νιν;
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κεῖνός γʼ ἐπʼ ἄλλον ἄνδρʼ ὁ Τυδέως τε παῖς
ἔστελλον, ἡνίκʼ ἐξανηγόμην ἐγώ.
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πρὸς ποῖον αὖ τόνδʼ αὐτὸς Οὑδυσσεὺς ἔπλει;
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ἦν δή τις—ἀλλὰ τόνδε μοι πρῶτον φράσον
τίς ἐστίν· ἃν λέγῃς δὲ μὴ φώνει μέγα.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
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ὅδʼ ἔσθʼ ὁ κλεινός σοι Φιλοκτήτης, ξένε.
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μή νύν μʼ ἔρῃ τὰ πλείονʼ, ἀλλʼ ὅσον τάχος
ἔκπλει σεαυτὸν ξυλλαβὼν ἐκ τῆσδε γῆς.
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Φιλοκτήτης
τί φησιν, ὦ παῖ; τί με κατὰ σκότον ποτὲ
διεμπολᾷ λόγοισι πρός σʼ ὁ ναυβάτης;
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