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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πρὸς τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ἐφαίνετο.
νῦν δʼ αἶρε σαυτόν· εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον,
οἴσουσί σʼ οἵδε· τοῦ πόνου γὰρ οὐκ ὄκνος,
ἐπείπερ οὕτω σοί τʼ ἔδοξʼ ἐμοί τε δρᾶν.
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αἰνῶ τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, καί μʼ ἔπαιρʼ, ὥσπερ νοεῖς·
890
τούτους δʼ ἔασον, μὴ βαρυνθῶσιν κακῇ
ὀσμῇ πρὸ τοῦ δέοντος· οὑπὶ νηὶ γὰρ
ἅλις πόνος τούτοισι συνναίειν ἐμοί.
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ἔσται τάδʼ· ἀλλʼ ἵστω τε καὐτὸς ἀντέχου.
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θάρσει· τό τοι σύνηθες ὀρθώσει μʼ ἔθος.
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895
παπαῖ· τί δῆτʼ ἂν δρῷμʼ ἐγὼ τοὐνθένδε γε;
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τί δʼ ἔστιν, ὦ παῖ; ποῖ ποτʼ ἐξέβης λόγῳ;
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οὐκ οἶδʼ ὅποι χρὴ τἄπορον τρέπειν ἔπος.
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ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ; μὴ λέγʼ, ὦ τέκνον, τάδε.
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ἀλλʼ ἐνθάδʼ ἤδη τοῦδε τοῦ πάθους κυρῶ.
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900
οὐ δή σε δυσχέρεια τοῦ νοσήματος
ἔπεισεν ὥστε μή μʼ ἄγειν ναύτην ἔτι;
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ἅπαντα δυσχέρεια, τὴν αὑτοῦ φύσιν
ὅταν λιπών τις δρᾷ τὰ μὴ προσεικότα.
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ἀλλʼ οὐδὲν ἔξω τοῦ φυτεύσαντος σύ γε
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δρᾷς οὐδὲ φωνεῖς, ἐσθλὸν ἄνδρʼ ἐπωφελῶν.
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αἰσχρὸς φανοῦμαι· τοῦτʼ ἀνιῶμαι πάλαι.
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οὔκουν ἐν οἷς γε δρᾷς· ἐν οἷς δʼ αὐδᾷς ὀκνῶ.
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ὦ Ζεῦ, τί δράσω; δεύτερον ληφθῶ κακός,
κρύπτων θʼ ἃ μὴ δεῖ καὶ λέγων αἴσχιστʼ ἐπῶν;
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910
ἁνὴρ ὅδʼ, εἰ μὴ ʼγὼ κακὸς γνώμων ἔφυν,
προδούς μʼ ἔοικε κἀκλιπὼν τὸν πλοῦν στελεῖν.
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λιπὼν μὲν οὐκ ἔγωγε· λυπηρῶς δὲ μὴ
πέμπω σε μᾶλλον, τοῦτʼ ἀνιῶμαι πάλαι.
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τί ποτε λέγεις, ὦ τέκνον; ὡς οὐ μανθάνω.
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