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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τὸν τοῦ Διὸς παῖδʼ ἀντὶ τῶνδε τῶν ὅπλων,
ἃ νῦν σὺ σῴζεις, τοῦτʼ ἐπηξίωσα δρᾶν. τί φής, παῖ;
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τί φής; τί σιγᾷς; ποῦ ποτʼ ὤν, τέκνον, κυρεῖς;
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ἀλγῶ πάλαι δὴ τἀπὶ σοὶ στένων κακά.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἀλλʼ, ὦ τέκνον, καὶ θάρσος ἴσχʼ· ὡς ἥδε μοι
ὀξεῖα φοιτᾷ καὶ ταχεῖʼ ἀπέρχεται.
ἀλλʼ ἀντιάζω, μή με καταλίπῃς μόνον.
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810
θάρσει, μενοῦμεν.
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ἦ μενεῖς;
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σαφῶς φρόνει.
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οὐ μήν σʼ ἔνορκόν γʼ ἀξιῶ θέσθαι, τέκνον.
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ὡς οὐ θέμις γʼ ἐμοὔστι σοῦ μολεῖν ἄτερ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἔμβαλλε χειρὸς πίστιν.
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ἐμβάλλω μενεῖν.
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ἐκεῖσε νῦν μʼ, ἐκεῖσε
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ποῖ λέγεις;
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ἄνω
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815
τί παραφρονεῖς αὖ; τί τὸν ἄνω λεύσσεις κύκλον;
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μέθες μέθες με.
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ποῖ μεθῶ;
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μέθες ποτέ.
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οὔ φημʼ ἐάσειν.
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ἀπό μʼ ὀλεῖς, ἢν προσθίγῃς.
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καὶ δὴ μεθίημʼ, εἴ τι δὴ πλέον φρονεῖς.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ γαῖα, δέξαι θανάσιμόν μʼ ὅπως ἔχω
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τὸ γὰρ κακὸν τόδʼ οὐκέτʼ ὀρθοῦσθαί μʼ ἐᾷ.
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τὸν ἄνδρʼ ἔοικεν ὕπνος οὐ μακροῦ χρόνου
ἕξειν· κάρα γὰρ ὑπτιάζεται τόδε·
ἱδρώς γέ τοί νιν πᾶν καταστάζει δέμας,
μέλαινά τʼ ἄκρου τις παρέρρωγεν ποδὸς
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