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Neoptolemus

Quiet, I say, and do not abandon your wits—the man is opening his eyes and lifts his head.
865

Philoctetes

Ah, light succeeding upon sleep! Ah, friendly watchers, sight unlooked for even in my dreams! I could never have expected this, son—

that you would have the patience to wait so tenderly upon my sufferings by staying close beside me and helping to relieve me. The Atreids, certainly, those valiant generals, had no heart to bear this burden so lightly. But your nature is noble and drawn of a noble line,
870

and so you have made little of all this, though loud cries and stenches afflicted you. And now, since the plague seems to allow me a space of forgetfulness and peace at last, lift me up yourself and set me on my feet,
875

so that, when the faintness releases me at length, we may set out to the ship, and not hold back our sailing.
880

Neoptolemus

It pleases me to see you living unpained and breathing still, however contrary to my expectation. For in view of your persistent sufferings,

your symptoms seemed to speak of death. But now lift yourself, or, if you prefer, these men will carry you. The labor will not be grudged, since you and I are of one mind.
885

Philoctetes

Thank you, son, and help me up, as you will.

Yet do not trouble your men, so that they may not suffer from the foul stench before it is necessary. It will be trial enough for them to live on board with me.
890

Philoctetes. Sophocles. Richard Jebb (Translator). Cambridge. 1898.

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Philoctetes (English) (Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 4: The Philoctetes. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898. (Modernized by Perseus.))

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Editions (2)

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 865 focus

σιγᾶν κελεύω, μηδ' ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν.
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἀνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

ΦΙ.

ὦ φέγγος ὕπνου διάδοχον, τό τ᾿ ἐλπίδων

ἄπιστον οἰκούρημα τῶνδε τῶν ξένων.

οὐ γάρ ποτ', ὦ παῖ, τοῦτ᾽ ἂν ἐξηύχησ᾽ ἐγὼ

τλῆναί σ᾽ ἐλεινῶς ἐλεεινῶς ὧδε τἀμὰ πήματα
870

μεῖναι παρόντα καὶ ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι.

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

οὔκουν ᾿Ατρείδαι τοῦτ᾽ ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως εὐπόρως

οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν, ἁγαθοὶ ἀγαθοὶ οἱ 'γαθοὶ στρατηλάται.

ἀλλ᾽ εὐγενὴς γὰρ ἡ φύσις κἀξ εὐγενῶν,

ὦ τέκνον, ἡ σή, πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐν εὐχερεῖ

875

ἔθου, βοῆς τε καὶ δυσοσμίας γέμων.

καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ τοῦδε τοῦ κακοῦ δοκεῖ

λήθη τις εἶναι κἀνάπαυλα δή, τέκνον,

σύ μ᾽ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον, τέκνον,

ἵν, ἡνίκ᾽ ἂν κόπος μ' ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ,

880

ὁρμώμεθ᾽ ἐς ναῦν μηδ᾽ ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν.

ΝΕ.

ἀλλ᾽ ἥδομαι μέν σ᾽ εἰσιδὼν παρ᾿ ἐλπίδα

ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι·

ὡς οὐκέτ᾽ ὄντος γὰρ τὰ συμβόλαιά σοι σου

ΦΙΛΟΚΤΗΤΗΣ.

πρὸς τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ἐφαίνετο.

885

νῦν δ᾽ αἶρε αέρε σαυτόν· εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον,

οἴσουσί σ᾽ οἵδε· τοῦ πόνου γὰρ οὐκ ὄκνος,

ἐπείπερ οὕτω οὕτως οὕτω σοί τ᾽ ἔδοξ᾽ ἐμοί τε δρᾶν.

ΦΙ.

αἰνῶ τάδ', ὦ παῖ, καί μ' ἔπαιρ᾽, ὥσπερ νοεῖς·

τούτους δ᾽ ἔασον, μὴ βαρυνθῶσιν κακῇ
890

ὀσμῇ πρὸ τοῦ δέοντος· οὑπὶ νηὶ γὰρ

ἅλις πόνος τούτοισι συνναίειν ἐμοί.

ΝΕ.

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 865 focus

Νεοπτόλεμος

σιγᾶν κελεύω μηδʼ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν·
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

Φιλοκτήτης

ὦ φέγγος ὕπνου διάδοχον τό τʼ ἐλπίδων

ἄπιστον οἰκούρημα τῶνδε τῶν ξένων.

οὐ γάρ ποτʼ, ὦ παῖ, τοῦτʼ ἂν ἐξηύχησʼ ἐγώ,

τλῆναί σʼ ἐλεινῶς ὧδε τἀμὰ πήματα
870

μεῖναι παρόντα καὶ ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι.

οὔκουν Ἀτρεῖδαι τοῦτʼ ἔτλησαν εὐφόρως

οὕτως ἐνεγκεῖν, ἁγαθοὶ στρατηλάται.

ἀλλʼ εὐγενὴς γὰρ ἡ φύσις κἀξ εὐγενῶν,

ὦ τέκνον, ἡ σή, πάντα ταῦτʼ ἐν εὐχερεῖ
875

ἔθου, βοῆς τε καὶ δυσοσμίας γέμων.

καὶ νῦν ἐπειδὴ τοῦδε τοῦ κακοῦ δοκεῖ

λήθη τις εἶναι κἀνάπαυλα δή, τέκνον,

σύ μʼ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον, τέκνον,

ἵνʼ, ἡνίκʼ ἂν κόπος μʼ ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ,
880

ὁρμώμεθʼ ἐς ναῦν μηδʼ ἐπίσχωμεν τὸ πλεῖν.

Νεοπτόλεμος

ἀλλʼ ἥδομαι μέν σʼ εἰσιδὼν παρʼ ἐλπίδα

ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντʼ ἔτι·

ὡς οὐκέτʼ ὄντος γὰρ τὰ συμβόλαιά σου

πρὸς τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ἐφαίνετο.
885

νῦν δʼ αἶρε σαυτόν· εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον,

οἴσουσί σʼ οἵδε· τοῦ πόνου γὰρ οὐκ ὄκνος,

ἐπείπερ οὕτω σοί τʼ ἔδοξʼ ἐμοί τε δρᾶν.

Φιλοκτήτης

αἰνῶ τάδʼ, ὦ παῖ, καί μʼ ἔπαιρʼ, ὥσπερ νοεῖς·

τούτους δʼ ἔασον, μὴ βαρυνθῶσιν κακῇ
890

ὀσμῇ πρὸ τοῦ δέοντος· οὑπὶ νηὶ γὰρ

ἅλις πόνος τούτοισι συνναίειν ἐμοί.

Translations (4)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 865 focus

Hush! One word more were madness. He revives.
865

His eye hath motion. He uplifts his head.

PHI

Fair daylight following sleep, and ye, dear friends,

Faithful beyond all hope in tending me!

I never could have dreamed that thou, dear youth,

Couldst thus have borne my sufferings and stood near

So full of pity to relieve my pain.
870

Not so the worthy generals of the host;—

This princely patience was not theirs to show.

Only thy noble nature, nobly sprung,

Made light of all the trouble, though oppressed

With fetid odours and unceasing cries.
875

And now, since this my plague would seem to yield

Some pause and brief forgetfulness of pain,

With thine own hand, my son, upraise me here,

And set me on my feet, that, when my strength

After exhaustion shall return again,
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We may move shoreward and launch forth with speed.

NEO

I feel unhoped-for gladness when I see

Thy painless gaze, and hear thy living breath,

For thine appearance and surroundings both

Were deathlike. But arise! Or, if thou wilt,
885

These men shall raise thee. For they will not shrink

From toil which thou and I at once enjoin.

PHI

Right, right, my son! But lift me thine own self,

As I am sure thou meanest. Let these be,

Lest they be burdened with the noisome smell
890

Before the time. Enough for them to bear

The trouble on board.

NEO

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 865 focus

Nun schweiget, sag' ich, seid gefaßt und unverzagt!
835

Der Mann bewegt die Augen und erhebt das Haupt.

(erwachend)

Philoktetes.

Licht, dem Schlummer folgend, und o treuer Schuz

Von diesen Fremden, über all Erwarten treu!

Denn nimmermehr, o Jüngling, hätt' ich das gedacht,

Daß du zurück hier bliebest und, ein Helfer mir,
840

So voll Erbarmen meine Noth abwartetest.

Das haben Atreus' Söhne ja, die trefflichen

Heerfürsten, auszudulden nicht den Muth gehabt.

Doch dein Gemüth ist edel, du bist edlen Stamms;

Deßhalb, o Kind, ertrugst du dieses Alles leicht,
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Umringt von eklem Moderdust und Wehgeschrei.

Und jezo, weil mir süße Rast, ein linderndes

Vergessen dieser Schmerzen, Kind, zu kommen scheint,

Erhebe du mich, richte du mich auf, o Kind,

Daß wir, sobald mich endlich läßt die Mattigkeit,
850

Zum Schiffe gehen und sofort von dannen zieh'n.

Neoptolemos.

Wie freut mich's, athmend über mein Verhoffen dich

Und offnes Auges noch zu seh'n und sonder Schmerz,

Da bei dem Anfall, welcher dich gebunden hielt,

Uns alle Zeichen deinen Tod verkündeten!
855

Nun stehe selbst auf, oder, wenn dir's lieber ist,

Laß dich von diesen tragen; denn sie scheuen nicht

Die Mühe, wenn es also dir und mir gefällt.

Philoktetes.

Ich danke, Jüngling: hebe mich, wie dir's beliebt;

Doch diese laß nur, daß sie nicht der ekle Duft,
860

Bevor es sein muß, quäle; denn im Schiffe selbst

Bringt ihnen meine Gegenwart noch Qual genug.

(den Arm bietend)

Neoptolemos.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 865 focus

[aioaking]. O fair returning light ! beyond

my hope ;

You too, my kind preservers ! O my son !

I could not think thou wouldst have stayed so long

In kind compassion to thy friend. Alas !

The Atridse never would have acted thus.

But noble is thy nature, and thy birth,

And therefore little did my wretchedness,

Nor from my wounds the noisome stench deter

Thy generous heart. I have a little respite ;

Help me, my son ! I'll try to rise ; this weakness

Will leave me soon, and then we'll go together.

Neoptolemus

I little thought to find thee thus restored.
865

Trust me, I joy to see thee free from pain.

And hear thee speak ; the marks of death were on thee.

Raise thyself up ; thy friends here, if thou wilt,

Shall carry thee, 'twill be no burthen to them

If we request it.

Philoctetes

No ; thy hand alone ;

I will not trouble them ; 'twill be enough
890

If they can bear with me and my distemper

When we embark.

Neoptolemus

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 865 focus

Be silent, I command thee; of such thoughts
865

No more: he moves his eyes, and lifts his head.

Philoctetes

O light, whose cheerful beam my waking eyes

Revisits, much beyond my thought, my hope,

Thou show'st me with what faithful care my sleep

These strangers guarded. Never, O my son,

Could my fond wish conceive that thou wou'dst bear
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With such soft pity to attend my ills,

And give me aid. Not so our worthy Chiefs,

The sons of Atreus; they disdain'd to bear

So tenderly: but all these things, my son,

(For noble is thy nature, and thy veins
875

Are rich with noble blood) my cries, the stench

Of my foul wound, thou hast esteem'd as nought.

Now, in this pause, this respite from my pain,

Let thy hand help me, raise me from the ground;

That when this weakness leaves me, to the bark
880

Together we may go, nor stay thy sails.

Neoptolemus

With joy I see thee thus beyond my hope

Viewing the light, and breathing vital air,

Free from thy pains; for, added to those ills,

Thou hadst the semblance of a man that breathes
885

No more. Now rise; or these (if such thy will)

: Shall bear thee, not repining at the toil,

Since they perceive it is thy will and mine.

Philoctetes

This claims my thanks. Now raise me, since thy mind

Prompts thee to give me aid. Let these stand off;

Nor be annoy'd with this offensive smell
890

Ere need requires; enough will they endure,

In the same bark with me when they abide..

Neoptolemus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-472-1 μηδ’ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν ¹

mvp-comment-473-1 ὦ φέγγος ² τό τ’ ³

mvp-comment-473-2 ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον ⁴ οἰκούρημα ⁵

mvp-comment-474-1 τοῦτ’ ⁶ ἐξηύχης’ ⁷ τλῆναι ⁸ ἂν ⁹ τλῆναι ¹⁰ ἐξηύχης’ ¹¹

mvp-comment-474-2 μεῖναι ¹² τἀμὰ πήματα ¹³

mvp-comment-474-3 ξυνωφελοῦντά μοι ¹⁴

mvp-comment-475-1 οὔκουν ¹⁵

mvp-comment-475-2 εὐφόρως ¹⁶ εὐπόρως ¹⁷

mvp-comment-476-1 κἀξ εὐγενῶν ¹⁸ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου ¹⁹

mvp-comment-476-2 γέμων ²⁰

mvp-comment-477-1 λήθη ²¹

mvp-comment-477-2 δή ²²

mvp-comment-478-1 σύ μ’ αὐτὸς … ποτέ ²³ κόπος ²⁴ ού μ’ αὐτὸς ἆρον, σύ με κατάστησον ²⁵

mvp-comment-478-2 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ²⁶ ἵν’, ἡνίκ’ ἂν κόπος μ’ ἀπαλλάξῃ ποτέ ²⁷

mvp-comment-478-3 ZippmannA. , whom Nauck and Cavallin follow in their texts, deletes both v. 880 and v. 889 as spurious, and transposes 879 to a place between 888 and 890. His two main objections to the traditional text are:—Why should Ph. , formerly so eager to start, now wish to wait till his

κόπος

has passed off? (880). And why should he desire to rise before that moment, instead of resting on the ground? The view of the whole situation which I have given above will show why I believe the traditional text to be sound.

mvp-comment-479-1 ἐπίσχωμεν ²⁸ τὸ πλεῖν ²⁹

mvp-comment-480-1 ἀλλ’ ἥδομαι μέν ³⁰ μέν ³¹

mvp-comment-480-2 ἀνώδυνον ³²

mvp-comment-480-3 βλέποντα ³³

mvp-comment-480-4 κἀμπνέοντ’ ³⁴

mvp-comment-481-1 ὡς οὐκέτ’ ὄντος ³⁵ συμβόλαια ³⁶ τὰς παρούσας ξυμφορὰς ³⁷ πρὸς ³⁸ τὰς παρ. ξυμφοράς ³⁹ πρὸς τὰς παρ. ξυμφορὰς ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-481-2 συμβόλαια ⁴¹

mvp-comment-482-1 νῦν δ’ αἶρε σαυτόν ⁴²

mvp-comment-482-2 εἰ δέ σοι μᾶλλον φίλον ⁴³

mvp-comment-482-3 τοῦ πόνου γὰρ ⁴⁴

mvp-comment-483-1 αἰνῶ τάδ’, ὦ παῖ ⁴⁵ αἰνῶ τάδε ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-484-1 ἔασον ⁴⁷

mvp-comment-484-2 ὀσμῇ ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-484-3 συνναίειν ⁴⁹

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

865. mvp-comment-607-1 μηδ᾽ ἀφεστάναι φρενών] ‘And not take leave of your senses.' Cp. El. 1326, ὦ πλεῖστα μῶροι καὶ φρενῶν τητώμενοι, κ.τ.λ.

866. mvp-comment-608-1 For ἀνάγει, ‘Uplifts again,' cp. Αj. 131, κλίνει τε κἀνάγει πάλιν,

867-871. mvp-comment-609-1 Just when the plot against his peace is being urged most vehemently, Philoctetes awakes, and pours out touching words of unsuspecting thankfulness for the patient care, of which he little knows the motive. He throws himself afresh on Neoptolemus, and will have no support but his.

867-868. mvp-comment-610-1 ὦ φέγγος.. ξένων] 'Light after sleep, how welcome! And how surpassing fondest hope, the patient tendance of these friends!" For the construction of φέγγος and οἰκούρημα, cp. Trach. 1046, 7, ὦ πολλὰ . . μοχθήσας ἐγώ. διάδοχον] 'Succeeding, taking the place of (in my experience). ἐλπίδων ἄπιστον] 'Beyond the belief of expectation,' i.e. which I could not have believed beforehand. οἰκούρημα] More concrete than οἰκουρία = 'Act of keeping watch.' οἰκουρεῖν is, ‘Το keep watch over a person's property and interests in his absence.' So Neoptolemus has guarded the bow and the person of Philoctetes during his prostration, from the thievish attempt which he most feared.

869. mvp-comment-611-1 οὐκ ἂν ἐξηύχησα] 'I could not once have vaunted.' The aorist implies 'for a single moment,' and is thus more forcible here than the imperfect would have been.

871. mvp-comment-612-1 μεῖναι has been unreasonably suspected. Cavallin conjectures ἰδεῖν.

872. mvp-comment-613-1 οὔκουν ᾿Ατρείδαι] 'It was not the Atreidae, who-.' οὖν marks the reasonableness of Philoctetes' doubt, which was in accordance with the conduct of the Atreidae. *εὐφόρως] This seems the simplest correction of εὐπόρως. See Essay on L. § 55. p. 101. Others prefer εὐπετῶς, comparing Fr. 523, χρεὼν | τὰ θειᾶ θνητοὺς ὄντας εὐπετῶς φέρειν. Οr, εὐλόφως. Paley retains εὐπόρως.

874. mvp-comment-614-1 κἀξ εὐγενῶν] The frequent allusions to his father have a constraining power over the heart of Neoptolemus.

875. mvp-comment-615-1 ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου] ‘Took as a light burden.'

876. mvp-comment-616-1 βοῆς] This reference of Philoctetes to his own cries makes us feel how involuntary they were. He knew them as an inseparable accompaniment of his presence anywhere.

877. mvp-comment-617-1 καὶ νῦν] Cp. O. T. 52, 3, ὄρνιθι γὰρ καὶ τὴν τότ᾽ αἰσίῳ τύχην | παρέσχες ἡμῖν, καὶ τανῦν ἴσος γενοῦ.

879. mvp-comment-618-1 Nauck, following A. Zippmann, transposes this line to before 890 and rejects 880 and 889. The apparent coldness of Neoptolemus, who in 886 ignores this appeal of Philoctetes to him, may, however, be accounted for by supposing that his consciousness of acting a part makes him less forward with the show of sympathy, now that his emotions are really stirred.

880. mvp-comment-619-1 Philoctetes is not yet confident that his powers are fully returned. The habit of lying perdu after each attack makes him less prompt to move. But he feels that he must be ready to start as soon as he can. (But qy. ἡ. ἀ. τὸ πνεῦμ᾽ ἀπ. ποτέ? Cp. supr. 639, 40.)

882. mvp-comment-620-1 μέν prepares for the narrative in νῦν δ᾽ αἷρε σαὐτόν.

883. mvp-comment-621-1 ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα] 'Opening thine eyes without the look of pain.' βλέποντα is sometimes put simply as an equivalent for ζῶντα, e.g. Aesch. Ag. 677, καὶ ζῶντα καὶ βλέποντα. But here the expression is modified by the addition of ἀνώδυνον as an adverbial accusative (i. e. not only seeing the light but free from the look of pain). Others take ἀνώδυνον as a masculine adjective, and make ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα = 'Living in freedom from pain.'

884. mvp-comment-622-1 τὰ συμβόλαιά σοι. . ἐφαίνετο] Either (1) 'Your commerce with the circumstances surrounding you: i.e. Your behaviour in the present juncture:' a figurative use of the ordinary meaning of συμβόλαια: or (2) 'Your symptoms, when regarded in the light of your affliction:' i. e. 'Considering your peculiar case your appearance suggested the inference that you were dead.' The latter meaning (2) receives some confirmation from Hdt. 5. 92, 7, and, more doubtfully, from Eur. Ion 411, quoted by L. and S. But the former is better on the whole, and agrees with σοι, the reading of the chief MS. See v. rr.

887-888. mvp-comment-623-1 Cp. supr. 522, 3. Neoptolemus professes to be encouraged by these words of the Chorus to assume that they will not spare pains in helping Philoctetes, whose wishes are seconded by their prince.

889. mvp-comment-624-1 ὥσπερ νοεῖς] 'As you really mean.' Philoctetes does not take the refusal of Neoptolemus to lift him with his own hands. He is too much impressed with his actual kindness to be at once affected by the coldness and reserve of his language.

Sophocles Philoctetes 865

Richard Jebb (Translator)

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Neoptolemus

Quiet, I say, and do not abandon your wits—the man is opening his eyes and lifts his head.
865

Philoctetes

Thank you, son, and help me up, as you will.

Yet do not trouble your men, so that they may not suffer from the foul stench before it is necessary. It will be trial enough for them to live on board with me.
890

Current edition Experimental

σιγᾶν κελεύω, μηδ' ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν.
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἀνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

ΝΕ.

ἀλλ᾽ ἥδομαι μέν σ᾽ εἰσιδὼν παρ᾿ ἐλπίδα

ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι·

ὡς οὐκέτ᾽ ὄντος γὰρ τὰ συμβόλαιά σοι σου

ΦΙΛΟΚΤΗΤΗΣ.

ΝΕ.

Νεοπτόλεμος

σιγᾶν κελεύω μηδʼ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν·
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

Hush! One word more were madness. He revives.
865

His eye hath motion. He uplifts his head.

NEO

I feel unhoped-for gladness when I see

Thy painless gaze, and hear thy living breath,

For thine appearance and surroundings both

Were deathlike. But arise! Or, if thou wilt,
885

These men shall raise thee. For they will not shrink

From toil which thou and I at once enjoin.

PHI

Right, right, my son! But lift me thine own self,

As I am sure thou meanest. Let these be,

Lest they be burdened with the noisome smell
890

Before the time. Enough for them to bear

The trouble on board.

NEO

Nun schweiget, sag' ich, seid gefaßt und unverzagt!
835

Der Mann bewegt die Augen und erhebt das Haupt.

(erwachend)

Philoktetes.

Ich danke, Jüngling: hebe mich, wie dir's beliebt;

Doch diese laß nur, daß sie nicht der ekle Duft,
860

Bevor es sein muß, quäle; denn im Schiffe selbst

Bringt ihnen meine Gegenwart noch Qual genug.

(den Arm bietend)

Neoptolemos.

Neoptolemus

I little thought to find thee thus restored.
865

Trust me, I joy to see thee free from pain.

And hear thee speak ; the marks of death were on thee.

Raise thyself up ; thy friends here, if thou wilt,

Shall carry thee, 'twill be no burthen to them

If we request it.

Philoctetes

No ; thy hand alone ;

I will not trouble them ; 'twill be enough
890

If they can bear with me and my distemper

When we embark.

Neoptolemus

Be silent, I command thee; of such thoughts
865

No more: he moves his eyes, and lifts his head.

Philoctetes

This claims my thanks. Now raise me, since thy mind

Prompts thee to give me aid. Let these stand off;

Nor be annoy'd with this offensive smell
890

Ere need requires; enough will they endure,

In the same bark with me when they abide..

Neoptolemus

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Neoptolemus Quiet, I say, and do not abandon your wits—the man is opening his eyes and lifts his head. 865

Philoctetes Thank you, son, and help me up, as you will. Yet do not trouble your men, so that they may not suffer from the foul stench before it is necessary. It will be trial enough for them to live on board with me. 890

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σιγᾶν κελεύω, μηδ' ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν. 865 κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἀνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

ΝΕ. ἀλλ᾽ ἥδομαι μέν σ᾽ εἰσιδὼν παρ᾿ ἐλπίδα ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι· ὡς οὐκέτ᾽ ὄντος γὰρ τὰ συμβόλαιά σοι σου

ΦΙΛΟΚΤΗΤΗΣ.

ΝΕ.

Νεοπτόλεμος σιγᾶν κελεύω μηδʼ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν· 865 κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

Hush! One word more were madness. He revives. 865 His eye hath motion. He uplifts his head.

NEO I feel unhoped-for gladness when I see Thy painless gaze, and hear thy living breath, For thine appearance and surroundings both Were deathlike. But arise! Or, if thou wilt, 885 These men shall raise thee. For they will not shrink From toil which thou and I at once enjoin.

PHI Right, right, my son! But lift me thine own self, As I am sure thou meanest. Let these be, Lest they be burdened with the noisome smell 890 Before the time. Enough for them to bear The trouble on board.

NEO

Nun schweiget, sag' ich, seid gefaßt und unverzagt! 835 Der Mann bewegt die Augen und erhebt das Haupt. (erwachend)

Philoktetes. Ich danke, Jüngling: hebe mich, wie dir's beliebt; Doch diese laß nur, daß sie nicht der ekle Duft, 860 Bevor es sein muß, quäle; denn im Schiffe selbst Bringt ihnen meine Gegenwart noch Qual genug. (den Arm bietend)

Neoptolemos.

Neoptolemus I little thought to find thee thus restored. 865 Trust me, I joy to see thee free from pain. And hear thee speak ; the marks of death were on thee. Raise thyself up ; thy friends here, if thou wilt, Shall carry thee, 'twill be no burthen to them If we request it.

Philoctetes No ; thy hand alone ; I will not trouble them ; 'twill be enough 890 If they can bear with me and my distemper When we embark.

Neoptolemus

Be silent, I command thee; of such thoughts 865 No more: he moves his eyes, and lifts his head.

Philoctetes This claims my thanks. Now raise me, since thy mind Prompts thee to give me aid. Let these stand off; Nor be annoy'd with this offensive smell 890 Ere need requires; enough will they endure, In the same bark with me when they abide..

Neoptolemus

Commentary

Stable identifiers

Neoptolemus

Quiet, I say, and do not abandon your wits—the man is opening his eyes and lifts his head.
865

Philoctetes

Thank you, son, and help me up, as you will.

Yet do not trouble your men, so that they may not suffer from the foul stench before it is necessary. It will be trial enough for them to live on board with me.
890

σιγᾶν κελεύω, μηδ' ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν.
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ἀνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

ΝΕ.

ἀλλ᾽ ἥδομαι μέν σ᾽ εἰσιδὼν παρ᾿ ἐλπίδα

ἀνώδυνον βλέποντα κἀμπνέοντ᾽ ἔτι·

ὡς οὐκέτ᾽ ὄντος γὰρ τὰ συμβόλαιά σοι σου

Νεοπτόλεμος

σιγᾶν κελεύω μηδʼ ἀφεστάναι φρενῶν·
865

κινεῖ γὰρ ἁνὴρ ὄμμα κἀνάγει κάρα.

Hush! One word more were madness. He revives.
865

His eye hath motion. He uplifts his head.

NEO

I feel unhoped-for gladness when I see

Thy painless gaze, and hear thy living breath,

For thine appearance and surroundings both

Were deathlike. But arise! Or, if thou wilt,
885

These men shall raise thee. For they will not shrink

From toil which thou and I at once enjoin.

PHI

Right, right, my son! But lift me thine own self,

As I am sure thou meanest. Let these be,

Lest they be burdened with the noisome smell
890

Before the time. Enough for them to bear

The trouble on board.

Nun schweiget, sag' ich, seid gefaßt und unverzagt!
835

Der Mann bewegt die Augen und erhebt das Haupt.

(erwachend)

Philoktetes.

Ich danke, Jüngling: hebe mich, wie dir's beliebt;

Doch diese laß nur, daß sie nicht der ekle Duft,
860

Bevor es sein muß, quäle; denn im Schiffe selbst

Bringt ihnen meine Gegenwart noch Qual genug.

(den Arm bietend)

Neoptolemus

I little thought to find thee thus restored.
865

Trust me, I joy to see thee free from pain.

And hear thee speak ; the marks of death were on thee.

Raise thyself up ; thy friends here, if thou wilt,

Shall carry thee, 'twill be no burthen to them

If we request it.

Philoctetes

No ; thy hand alone ;

I will not trouble them ; 'twill be enough
890

If they can bear with me and my distemper

When we embark.

Be silent, I command thee; of such thoughts
865

No more: he moves his eyes, and lifts his head.

Philoctetes

This claims my thanks. Now raise me, since thy mind

Prompts thee to give me aid. Let these stand off;

Nor be annoy'd with this offensive smell
890

Ere need requires; enough will they endure,

In the same bark with me when they abide..