Sophocles Philoctetes 1433

ed. Lewis Campbell

κόμιζε. καὶ σοὶ ταῦτ᾽, ᾿Αχιλλέως τέκνον,

Philoctetes. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.

Current edition Experimental

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Greek) (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Translations (1)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 1445 focus
Du, der willkommenen Ruf mir gesandt
Und endlich erscheint,
1405
Wie freudig gehorch' ich deinem Gebot!

Commentary

Commentary (R. C. Jebb) (OCR draft) (Commentary (R. C. Jebb))

mvp-comment-763-1 καὶ σοὶ ταῦτ’ 1 ἐγὼ δ’ 2

mvp-comment-763-2 (1) ταῦτ’ 3 καὶ σοὶ 4 ταῦτ’ 5 ταὔτ’ 6 ταῦτ’ 7

mvp-comment-763-3 (2) ταῦτ’ 8 παρῄνεσα 9 γὰρ 10 καὶ σοὶ 11 σοὶ δὲ 12

mvp-comment-763-4 Heracles confirms what Odysseus had said (115). In glorifying Philoctetes, it was necessary to respect the legend which ascribed the capture of Troy to Neoptolemus (who was the hero of the

Ἰλίου πέρσις
, by Arctînus).

mvp-comment-763-5 For τὸ Τρ. πεδίον 13

Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus

1433-1437. mvp-comment-945-1 καὶ σοὶ τόνδ'] These words are διὰ μέσου. Heracles turns for a moment to Neoptolemus, and then resumes his address to Philoctetes. ταῦτα refers generally to all that precedes. Neoptolemus must aid Philoctetes and not forget his obligation to the bow of Heracles.