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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λήξαντος ὕπνον κἀνάπαυλαν ἤγαγεν.
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οὐκοῦν ἐπειδὰν πνεῦμα τοὐκ πρῴρας ἀνῇ,
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τότε στελοῦμεν· νῦν γὰρ ἀντιοστατεῖ.
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ἀεὶ καλὸς πλοῦς ἔσθʼ, ὅταν φεύγῃς κακά.
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οὔκ, ἀλλὰ κἀκείνοισι ταῦτʼ ἐναντία.
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οὐκ ἔστι λῃσταῖς πνεῦμʼ ἐναντιούμενον,
ὅταν παρῇ κλέψαι τι χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ.
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645
ἀλλʼ εἰ δοκεῖ, χωρῶμεν, ἔνδοθεν λαβὼν
ὅτου σε χρεία καὶ πόθος μάλιστʼ ἔχει.
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ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ὧν δεῖ, καίπερ οὐ πολλῶν ἄπο.
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τί τοῦθʼ ὃ μὴ νεώς γε τῆς ἐμῆς ἔπι;
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φύλλον τί μοι πάρεστιν, ᾧ μάλιστʼ ἀεὶ
650
κοιμῶ τόδʼ ἕλκος, ὥστε πραΰνειν πάνυ.
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ἀλλʼ ἔκφερʼ αὐτό. τί γὰρ ἔτʼ ἄλλʼ ἐρᾷς λαβεῖν;
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εἴ μοί τι τόξων τῶνδʼ ἀπημελημένον
παρερρύηκεν, ὡς λίπω μή τῳ λαβεῖν.
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ἦ ταῦτα γὰρ τὰ κλεινὰ τόξʼ ἃ νῦν ἔχεις;
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655
ταῦτʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἄλλʼ ἔστʼ, ἀλλʼ ἃ βαστάζω χεροῖν.
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ἆρʼ ἔστιν ὥστε κἀγγύθεν θέαν λαβεῖν
καὶ βαστάσαι με προσκύσαι θʼ ὥσπερ θεόν;
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σοί γʼ, ὦ τέκνον, καὶ τοῦτο κἄλλο τῶν ἐμῶν
ὁποῖον ἄν σοι ξυμφέρῃ γενήσεται.
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καὶ μὴν ἐρῶ γε, τὸν δʼ ἔρωθʼ οὕτως ἔχω·
εἴ μοι θέμις, θέλοιμʼ ἄν· εἰ δὲ μή, πάρες.
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ὅσιά τε φωνεῖς ἔστι τʼ, ὦ τέκνον, θέμις,
ὅς γʼ ἡλίου τόδʼ εἰσορᾶν ἐμοὶ φάος
μόνος δέδωκας, ὃς χθόνʼ Οἰταίαν ἰδεῖν,
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ὃς πατέρα πρέσβυν, ὃς φίλους, ὃς τῶν ἐμῶν
ἐχθρῶν μʼ ἔνερθεν ὄντʼ ἀνέστησας πέρα.
θάρσει, παρέσται ταῦτά σοι καὶ θιγγάνειν
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