Hercules
Delay not then. For lo ! a prosperous wind
Swells in thy sail. The time invites. Adieu !
Philoctetes. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
Philoctetes. Sophocles. Thomas Francklin (Translator). London. 1758–1759.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759))
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mvp-comment-771-1 μέλλετε πράσσειν 1
mvp-comment-771-2 καιρὸς καὶ πλοῦς 2 ὅδ’ 3 κατὰ πρύμναν 4
mvp-comment-771-3 The place of γὰρ 5 γὰρ 6 ὅδ’ 7
mvp-comment-771-4 1452 The preceding anapaests 1445 ff.) indicated that the moment of departure was at hand; and now, as στείχων 8
mvp-comment-771-5 καλέσω 9
1449. mvp-comment-958-1 For χρόνιοι with χρόνιος preceding in a different sense, see Essay on L. § 44. pp. 83, 84.
1450. mvp-comment-959-1 καιρός] 'The right moment.' Cp. supr. 466, καιρὸς γὰρ καλεῖ. πλοῦς] Here nearly = οὗρος. Cp. supr. 464, 5, ὁπηνίκ᾽ ἂν θεὸς | πλοῦν ἡμὶν εἴκῃ.
1451. mvp-comment-960-1 ἐπείγει] 'Counsels you to haste.' Cp. καλεῖ, supr. 466: O. C. 1540, ἐπείγει γάρ με τοὐκ θεοῦ παρόν. For the position of γάρ, see Essay on L. § 26. p. 44. κατὰ πρύμναν] Cp. Thuc. 2. 97, ἦν ἀεὶ κατὰ πρύμναν ἱστῆται τὸ πνεῦμα. Heracles is now withdrawn.