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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οὐκ οἶδά πω τί φησι· δεῖ δʼ αὐτὸν λέγειν
εἰς φῶς ὃ λέξει, πρὸς σὲ κἀμὲ τούσδε τε.
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ὦ σπέρμʼ Ἀχιλλέως, μή με διαβάλῃς στρατῷ
λέγονθʼ ἃ μὴ δεῖ· πόλλʼ ἐγὼ κείνων ὕπο
δρῶν ἀντιπάσχω χρηστά θʼ, οἷʼ ἀνὴρ πένης.
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ἐγώ εἰμʼ Ἀτρείδαις δυσμενής· οὗτος δέ μοι
φίλος μέγιστος, οὕνεκʼ Ἀτρείδας στυγεῖ.
δεῖ δή σʼ ἔμοιγʼ ἐλθόντα προσφιλῆ, λόγων
κρύψαι πρὸς ἡμᾶς μηδένʼ ὧν ἀκήκοας.
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ὅρα τί ποιεῖς, παῖ.
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σκοπῶ κἀγὼ πάλαι.
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σὲ θήσομαι τῶνδʼ αἴτιον.
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ποιοῦ λέγων.
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λέγω. ʼπὶ τοῦτον ἄνδρε τώδʼ ὥπερ κλύεις,
ὁ Τυδέως παῖς ἥ τʼ Ὀδυσσέως βία,
διώμοτοι πλέουσιν ἦ μὴν ἢ λόγῳ
πείσαντες ἄξειν ἢ πρὸς ἰσχύος κράτος.
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καὶ ταῦτʼ Ἀχαιοὶ πάντες ἤκουον σαφῶς
Ὀδυσσέως λέγοντος· οὗτος γὰρ πλέον
τὸ θάρσος εἶχε θατέρου δράσειν τάδε.
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τίνος δʼ Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦδʼ ἄγαν οὕτω χρόνῳ
τοσῷδʼ ἐπεστρέφοντο πράγματος χάριν,
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ὅν γʼ εἶχον ἤδη χρόνιον ἐκβεβληκότες;
τίς ὁ πόθος αὐτοὺς ἵκετʼ; ἢ θεῶν βία
καὶ νέμεσις, οἵπερ ἔργʼ ἀμύνουσιν κακά;
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ἐγώ σε τοῦτʼ, ἴσως γὰρ οὐκ ἀκήκοας,
πᾶν ἐκδιδάξω. μάντις ἦν τις εὐγενής,
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Πριάμου μὲν υἱός, ὄνομα δʼ ὠνομάζετο
Ἕλενος, ὃν οὗτος νυκτὸς ἐξελθὼν μόνος,
ὁ πάντʼ ἀκούων αἰσχρὰ καὶ λωβήτʼ ἔπη
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