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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ἑκόντα μηδʼ ἄκοντα μηδέ τῳ τέχνῃ
κείνοις μεθεῖναι ταῦτα, μὴ σαυτόν θʼ ἅμα
κἄμʼ, ὄντα σαυτοῦ πρόστροπον, κτείνας γένῃ.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
θάρσει προνοίας οὕνεκʼ· οὐ δοθήσεται
775
πλὴν σοί τε κἀμοί· ξὺν τύχῃ δὲ πρόσφερε.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἰδοὺ δέχου, παῖ· τὸν φθόνον δὲ πρόσκυσον
μή σοι γενέσθαι πολύπονʼ αὐτὰ μηδʼ ὅπως
ἐμοί τε καὶ τῷ πρόσθʼ ἐμοῦ κεκτημένῳ.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
ὦ θεοί, γένοιτο ταῦτα νῷν· γένοιτο δὲ
780
πλοῦς οὔριός τε κεὐσταλὴς ὅποι ποτὲ
θεὸς δικαιοῖ χὠ στόλος πορσύνεται.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἀλλʼ οὖν δέδοικα μὴ ἀτέλεστʼ εὔχῃ, τέκνον.
στάζει γὰρ αὖ μοι φοίνιον τόδʼ ἐκ βυθοῦ
κηκῖον αἷμα, καί τι προσδοκῶ νέον.
785
παπαῖ, φεῦ.
παπαῖ μάλʼ, ὦ πούς, οἷά μʼ ἐργάσει κακά.
προσέρπει,
προσέρχεται τόδʼ ἐγγύς. οἴμοι μοι τάλας.
ἔχετε τὸ πρᾶγμα· μὴ φύγητε μηδαμῇ.
790
ἀτταταῖ.
ὦ ξένε Κεφαλλήν, εἴθε σου διαμπερὲς
στέρνων ἔχοιτʼ ἄλγησις ἥδε. φεῦ, παπαῖ,
παπαῖ μάλʼ αὖθις. ὦ διπλοῖ στρατηλάται,
Ἀγάμεμνον, ὦ Μενέλαε, πῶς ἂν ἀντʼ ἐμοῦ
795
τὸν ἴσον χρόνον τρέφοιτε τήνδε τὴν νόσον; ἰώ μοι.
ὦ Θάνατε Θάνατε, πῶς ἀεὶ καλούμενος
οὕτω κατʼ ἦμαρ, οὐ δύνᾳ μολεῖν ποτε;
ὦ τέκνον ὦ γενναῖον, ἀλλὰ συλλαβὼν
800
τῷ Λημνίῳ τῷδʼ ἀνακαλουμένῳ πυρὶ
ἔμπρησον, ὦ γενναῖε· κἀγώ τοί ποτε
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