ἥκω, σὺ σῶσον, σύ μ᾽ ἐλέησον, εἰσορῶν
Philoctetes. Sophocles. ed. Lewis Campbell. Oxford. 1879.
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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 507-518 focus
Χορός
οἴκτιρʼ, ἄναξ· πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων
ἆθλʼ, οἷα μηδεὶς τῶν ἐμῶν τύχοι φίλων.
εἰ δὲ πικρούς, ἄναξ, ἔχθεις Ἀτρείδας,
510
ἐγὼ μέν, τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος
μετατιθέμενος, ἔνθαπερ ἐπιμέμονεν,
515
ἐπʼ εὐστόλου ταχείας νεὼς
πορεύσαιμʼ ἂν ἐς δόμους, τὰν θεῶν
νέμεσιν ἐκφυγών.
οἴκτιρʼ, ἄναξ· πολλῶν ἔλεξεν δυσοίστων πόνων
ἆθλʼ, οἷα μηδεὶς τῶν ἐμῶν τύχοι φίλων.
εἰ δὲ πικρούς, ἄναξ, ἔχθεις Ἀτρείδας,
510
ἐγὼ μέν, τὸ κείνων κακὸν τῷδε κέρδος
μετατιθέμενος, ἔνθαπερ ἐπιμέμονεν,
515
ἐπʼ εὐστόλου ταχείας νεὼς
πορεύσαιμʼ ἂν ἐς δόμους, τὰν θεῶν
νέμεσιν ἐκφυγών.
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 507 focus
Erbarmen, Herr! Vielfachen Kampf, herbe Noth klagt er uns,
Wie keinen unsrer Freunde je sie treffen soll!
Hassest du, Herr, Atreus' feindlich Geschlecht so sehr,
So würd' ich das Unheil, das Werk ihres Frevels,
500
Wandeln in Heil ihm, führt' in schnellsegelndem,
Geschmücktem Schiff zu dem ersehnten Port
Der Heimat ihn hin, flöhe den Nachefluch,
Der von den Göttern droht.
Erbarmen, Herr! Vielfachen Kampf, herbe Noth klagt er uns,
Wie keinen unsrer Freunde je sie treffen soll!
Hassest du, Herr, Atreus' feindlich Geschlecht so sehr,
So würd' ich das Unheil, das Werk ihres Frevels,
500
Wandeln in Heil ihm, führt' in schnellsegelndem,
Geschmücktem Schiff zu dem ersehnten Port
Der Heimat ihn hin, flöhe den Nachefluch,
Der von den Göttern droht.
Neoptolemos.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 507-515 focus
Chorus
Have pity, my king! He has told of a struggle with sufferings manifold and oppressive—may the like befall no friend of mine!
And if, my king, you hate the hateful Atreids, then, turning their wrongdoing to this man’s gain,
510
I would take him in your swift, well-rigged ship to the home for which he longs, and so escape the god’s just wrath.
515
Have pity, my king! He has told of a struggle with sufferings manifold and oppressive—may the like befall no friend of mine!
And if, my king, you hate the hateful Atreids, then, turning their wrongdoing to this man’s gain,
510
I would take him in your swift, well-rigged ship to the home for which he longs, and so escape the god’s just wrath.
515
Commentary
Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) (Commentary (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) focus
391-402;507-518. mvp-comment-280-1 The Chorus show their interest and support Neoptolemus by these strains, which are interwoven with the action, like those in O. T. 660 foll., 689 foll., О. С. 1447-1456, 1477-1485. They wish to assist their master by simulating hatred of the Atreidae and sympathy with Philoctetes. That both feelings are merely assumed, and that the Chorus really understand the situation, is obvious from the exaggerated strength of expression in 510, εἰ δὲ πικρούς, ἄναξ, ἔχθεις ᾿Ατρείδας. Their feigned excitement, to which the mixture of dochmiac and iambo-bacchic metre is well suited, was no doubt expressed with gestures accompanying the recitation, by the two half-choruses, of strophe and antistrophe severally.
495. mvp-comment-355-1 ἔστελλον] 'I urged him.' Cp. infr. 623. The imperfect tense represents an endeavour.