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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δόλιος Ὀδυσσεὺς εἷλε· δέσμιόν τʼ ἄγων
ἔδειξʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἐς μέσον, θήραν καλήν·
610
ὃς δὴ τά τʼ ἄλλʼ αὐτοῖσι πάντʼ ἐθέσπισεν
καὶ τἀπὶ Τροίᾳ πέργαμʼ ὡς οὐ μή ποτε
πέρσοιεν, εἰ μὴ τόνδε πείσαντες λόγῳ
ἄγοιντο νήσου τῆσδʼ ἐφʼ ἧς ναίει τανῦν.
καὶ ταῦθʼ ὅπως ἤκουσʼ ὁ Λαέρτου τόκος
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τὸν μάντιν εἰπόντʼ, εὐθέως ὑπέσχετο
τὸν ἄνδρʼ Ἀχαιοῖς τόνδε δηλώσειν ἄγων·
οἴοιτο μὲν μάλισθʼ ἑκούσιον λαβών,
εἰ μὴ θέλοι δʼ, ἄκοντα· καὶ τούτων κάρα
τέμνειν ἐφεῖτο τῷ θέλοντι μὴ τυχών.
620
ἤκουσας, ὦ παῖ, πάντα· τὸ σπεύδειν δέ σοι
καὐτῷ παραινῶ κεἴ τινος κήδει πέρι.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι τάλας· ἦ κεῖνος, ἡ πᾶσα βλάβη,
ἔμʼ εἰς Ἀχαιοὺς ὤμοσεν πείσας στελεῖν;
πεισθήσομαι γὰρ ὧδε κἀξ Ἅιδου θανὼν
625
πρὸς φῶς ἀνελθεῖν, ὥσπερ οὑκείνου πατήρ.
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Ἔμπορος
οὐκ οἶδʼ ἐγὼ ταῦτʼ· ἀλλʼ ἐγὼ μὲν εἶμʼ ἐπὶ
ναῦν, σφῷν δʼ ὅπως ἄριστα συμφέροι θεός.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οὔκουν τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, δεινά, τὸν Λαερτίου
ἔμʼ ἐλπίσαι ποτʼ ἂν λόγοισι μαλθακοῖς
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δεῖξαι νεὼς ἄγοντʼ ἐν Ἀργείοις μέσοις;
οὔ· θᾶσσον ἂν τῆς πλεῖστον ἐχθίστης ἐμοὶ
κλύοιμʼ ἐχίδνης, ἥ μʼ ἔθηκεν ὧδʼ ἄπουν.
ἀλλʼ ἔστʼ ἐκείνῳ πάντα λεκτά, πάντα δὲ
τολμητά· καὶ νῦν οἶδʼ ὁθούνεχʼ ἵξεται.
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ἀλλʼ, ὦ τέκνον, χωρῶμεν, ὡς ἡμᾶς πολὺ
πέλαγος ὁρίζῃ τῆς Ὀδυσσέως νεώς.
ἴωμεν· ἥ τοι καίριος σπουδὴ πόνου
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