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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οὐδέν σε κρύψω· δεῖ γὰρ ἐς Τροίαν σε πλεῖν
πρὸς τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς καὶ τὸν Ἀτρειδῶν στόλον.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οἴμοι, τί εἶπας;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
μὴ στέναζε, πρὶν μάθῃς.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ποῖον μάθημα; τί με νοεῖς δρᾶσαί ποτε;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
σῶσαι κακοῦ μὲν πρῶτα τοῦδʼ, ἔπειτα δὲ
920
ξὺν σοὶ τὰ Τροίας πεδία πορθῆσαι μολών.
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Φιλοκτήτης
καὶ ταῦτʼ ἀληθῆ δρᾶν νοεῖς;
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Νεοπτόλεμος
πολλὴ κρατεῖ
τούτων ἀνάγκη, καὶ σὺ μὴ θυμοῦ κλύων.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἀπόλωλα τλήμων, προδέδομαι. τί μʼ, ὦ ξένε,
δέδρακας; ἀπόδος ὡς τάχος τὰ τόξα μοι.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
925
ἀλλʼ οὐχ οἷόν τε· τῶν γὰρ ἐν τέλει κλύειν
τό τʼ ἔνδικόν με καὶ τὸ συμφέρον ποεῖ.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ὦ πῦρ σὺ καὶ πᾶν δεῖμα καὶ πανουργίας
δεινῆς τέχνημʼ ἔχθιστον, οἷά μʼ εἰργάσω,
οἷʼ ἠπάτηκας· οὐδʼ ἐπαισχύνει μʼ ὁρῶν
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τὸν προστρόπαιον, τὸν ἱκέτην, ὦ σχέτλιε;
ἀπεστέρηκας τὸν βίον τὰ τόξʼ ἑλών.
ἀπόδος, ἱκνοῦμαί σʼ, ἀπόδος, ἱκετεύω, τέκνον·
πρὸς θεῶν πατρῴων, τὸν βίον με μὴ ἀφέλῃ.
ὤμοι τάλας. ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ προσφωνεῖ μʼ ἔτι,
935
ἀλλʼ ὡς μεθήσων μήποθʼ, ὧδʼ ὁρᾷ πάλιν.
ὦ λιμένες, ὦ προβλῆτες, ὦ ξυνουσίαι
θηρῶν ὀρείων, ὦ καταρρῶγες πέτραι,
ὑμῖν τάδʼ, οὐ γὰρ ἄλλον οἶδʼ ὅτῳ λέγω,
ἀνακλαίομαι παροῦσι τοῖς εἰωθόσιν,
940
οἷʼ ἔργʼ ὁ παῖς μʼ ἔδρασεν οὑξ Ἀχιλλέως·
ὀμόσας ἀπάξειν οἴκαδʼ, ἐς Τροίαν μʼ ἄγει·
προσθείς τε χεῖρα δεξιάν, τὰ τόξα μου
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