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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ἱερὰ λαβὼν τοῦ Ζηνὸς Ἡρακλέους ἔχει,
καὶ τοῖσιν Ἀργείοισι φήνασθαι θέλει·
945
ὡς ἄνδρʼ ἑλὼν ἰσχυρόν ἐκ βίας μʼ ἄγει,
κοὐκ οἶδʼ ἐναίρων νεκρὸν ἢ καπνοῦ σκιάν,
εἴδωλον ἄλλως· οὐ γὰρ ἂν σθένοντά γε
εἷλέν μʼ· ἐπεὶ οὐδʼ ἂν ὧδʼ ἔχοντʼ, εἰ μὴ δόλῳ.
νῦν δʼ ἠπάτημαι δύσμορος. τί χρή με δρᾶν;
950
ἀλλʼ ἀπόδος, ἀλλὰ νῦν ἔτʼ ἐν σαυτῷ γενοῦ.
τί φής; σιωπᾷς; οὐδέν εἰμʼ ὁ δύσμορος.
ὦ σχῆμα πέτρας δίπυλον, αὖθις αὖ πάλιν
εἴσειμι πρὸς σὲ ψιλός, οὐκ ἔχων τροφήν·
ἀλλʼ αὐανοῦμαι τῷδʼ ἐν αὐλίῳ μόνος,
955
οὐ πτηνὸν ὄρνιν οὐδὲ θῆρʼ ὀρειβάτην
τόξοις ἐναίρων τοισίδʼ, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς τάλας
θανὼν παρέξω δαῖθʼ ὑφʼ ὧν ἐφερβόμην,
καί μʼ οὓς ἐθήρων πρόσθε θηράσουσι νῦν·
φόνον φόνου δὲ ῥύσιον τίσω τάλας
960
πρὸς τοῦ δοκοῦντος οὐδὲν εἰδέναι κακόν.
ὄλοιο—μή πω, πρὶν μάθοιμʼ εἰ καὶ πάλιν
γνώμην μετοίσεις· εἰ δὲ μή, θάνοις κακῶς.
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Χορός
τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ,
ἤδη ʼστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
965
ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις
τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι.
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Φιλοκτήτης
ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς
σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.
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Νεοπτόλεμος
οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μή ποτʼ ὤφελον λιπεῖν
970
τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι.
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Φιλοκτήτης
οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ, πρὸς κακῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν
ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά· νῦν δʼ ἄλλοισι δοὺς
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