Sophocles Philoctetes 606

ed. Lewis Campbell

πᾶν ἐκδιδάξω. μάντις ἦν τις εὐγενής,

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

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Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 676-728 focus
Translations (2)
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 591 focus
Nun gut! Nach dem zieh'n Beide, die ich dir genannt,
Der Sohn des Tydeus und Odysseus' Kraft, hinaus;
Sie schwuren, ihn zu bringen, sei's mit klugem Wort
Ihn überredend, oder durch der Stärke Macht.
580
Und deutlich hörten aus Odysseus' Munde dies
Die Wehrgenossen alle; denn er hatte mehr
Vertrau'n, die That zu wagen, als der Andere.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 676-725 focus

Commentary

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mvp-comment-333-1 Ἕλενος 1

mvp-comment-333-2 The statement of the

ἔμπορος
is only part of the truth. Helenus had indeed been captured, and had said that Troy could not be taken without Philoctetes. But he had also said that Troy was destined to be taken that summer,—as if he knew that fate had decreed the return of Philoctetes,—who was then to be healed by the Asclepiadae, and to share with Neoptolemus the glory of the victory (1329—1342). Odysseus, however, believed that Philoctetes would not listen to persuasion, but must be brought back by a stratagem (103). And so the object of the
ἔμπορος
in referring to Helenus is merely to convince Philoctetes that Odysseus is coming, in order that the sufferer may become still more anxious to depart with Neoptolemus for Greece, as he supposes.