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Χορός

τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ,

ἤδη ʼστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

Νεοπτόλεμος

ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις
965

τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι.

Φιλοκτήτης

ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς

σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

Νεοπτόλεμος

οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μή ποτʼ ὤφελον λιπεῖν

τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι.
970

Φιλοκτήτης

οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ, πρὸς κακῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν

ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά· νῦν δʼ ἄλλοισι δοὺς

οἷς εἰκὸς ἔκπλει, τἀμά μοι μεθεὶς ὅπλα.

Νεοπτόλεμος

τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες;

Ὀδυσσεύς

ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς;

οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτʼ ἐμοὶ πάλιν;
975

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ; ἆρʼ Ὀδυσσέως κλύω;

Ὀδυσσεύς

Ὀδυσσέως, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, ἐμοῦ γʼ, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλʼ· ὅδʼ ἦν ἄρα

ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἐγώ, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ τάδε.
980

Φιλοκτήτης

ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

Ὀδυσσεύς

τοῦτο μέν,

οὐδʼ ἢν θέλῃ, δράσει ποτʼ· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ

στείχειν ἅμʼ αὐτοῖς, ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

Φιλοκτήτης

ἔμʼ, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε,

οἵδʼ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν;
985

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἢν μὴ ἕρπῃς ἑκών.

Φιλοκτήτης

ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας

Ἡφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνασχετά,

εἴ μʼ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ;

Ὀδυσσεύς

Ζεύς ἐσθʼ, ἵνʼ εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς κρατῶν,

Ζεύς, ᾧ δέδοκται ταῦθʼ· ὑπηρετῶ δʼ ἐγώ.
990

Φιλοκτήτης

ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις λέγειν·

θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης.

Ὀδυσσεύς

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἀληθεῖς· ἡ δʼ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

Φιλοκτήτης

οὔ φημʼ.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἐγὼ δέ φημι. πειστέον τάδε.

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους σαφῶς
995

πατὴρ ἄρʼ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδʼ ἐλευθέρους.

Ὀδυσσεύς

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθʼ ὧν

Τροίαν σʼ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

Φιλοκτήτης

οὐδέποτέ γʼ· οὐδʼ ἢν χρῇ με πᾶν παθεῖν κακόν,

ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδʼ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον.
1000

Ὀδυσσεύς

τί δʼ ἐργασείεις;

Φιλοκτήτης

κρᾶτʼ ἐμὸν τόδʼ αὐτίκα

πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν· μὴ ʼπὶ τῷδʼ ἔστω τάδε.

Philoctetes. Sophocles. ed. Francis Storr. London. 1913.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The Annenberg CPB/Project.

Current edition Experimental

Φιλοκτήτης (Greek) (Sophocles, Volume 2. Storr, Francis, editor. London; New York: William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company, 1913.)

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (1)

Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 963 focus

τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ,

ἤδη ἐστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

ΝΕ.

ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις
965

τοῦδ᾽ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι πάλιν πάλαι.

ΦΙ.

ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς παρῆι παρῆς

σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

ΝΕ.

οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μήποτ᾽ ὤφελον λιπεῖν

τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι.
970

ΦΙ.

οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ· πρὸς κακῶν δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν

ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά. νῦν δ᾽ ἄλλοισι δοὺς

ΦΙΛΟΚΤΗΤΗΣ.

οἷς εἰκὸς ἔκπλει, τἀμά μοι μεθεὶς ὅπλα.

ΝΕ.

τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες ;

ΟΔ.

ὦ κάκιστ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς;

οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ πάλιν ;
975

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ ἀνὴρ; ἆρ᾽ Οδυσσέως κλύω ;

ΟΔ.

᾿Οδυσσέως, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, ἐμοῦ γ᾽, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλ᾽. ὅδ᾽ ὧδ' ὅδ᾽ ἦν ἄρα

ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

ΟΔ.

ἐγώ, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ ὁ(υ)μολογῶ ὁμολογῶ τάδε.
980

ΦΙ.

ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

ΟΔ.

τοῦτο μέν,

οὐδ᾽ ἣν θέλῃ, δράσει δράσει ποτ'· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ καί σε δὴ καὶ σὲ δεῖ

στείχειν ἅμ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ἢ ἦ ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

ΦΙ.

ἔμ᾽, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε,

οἵδ᾽ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν ;
985

ΟΔ.

ἣν μὴ ἕρπῃς μἤρπηις μἠρπης μ' ἕρπης εἴρπῃς ἑκών.

ΦΙ.

ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας

῾Ηφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνασχετά,

εἴ μ᾿ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ ;

ΟΔ.

Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς τῆσ γῆς κρατῶν,

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

Ζεὺς Ζεὺς δ᾽, ᾧ δέδοκται ταῦθ᾽· ὑπηρετῶ δ᾽ ἐγώ.

990

ΦΙ.

ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις κάξανευρίσκεις λέγειν·

θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης τιθείς.

ΟΔ.

οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀληθεῖς. ἡ δ᾽ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

ΦΙ.

οὔ φημ᾽ ἔγωγε.

ΟΔ.

φημί. πειστέον πιστέον πειστέον τάδε.

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους δοῦλος δούλους σαφῶς
995

πατὴρ ἄρ᾽ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους.

ΟΔ.

οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθ᾽ ὧν

Τροίαν σ᾽ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

ΦΙ.

οὐδέποτέ γ᾽· οὐδ᾽ ἣν χρῇ χρῆ χρή με πᾶν παθεῖν παθεῖν κακόν,

ἕως γ' ἕως (γ΄) ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδ᾽ αἰπεινὸν ἐπεινὸν αἰπεινὸν βάθρον.
1000

ΟΔ.

τί δ᾽ ἐργασείεις ;

ΦΙ.

κρᾶτ᾿ ἐμὸν τόδ᾽ αὐτίκα

πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

ΟΔ.

ξυλλάβετέ γ᾽ ξυλλάβετ᾽ ξυλλάβετέ γ' αὐτόν· μὴ ἐπὶ τῷδ᾽ ἔστω τάδε.

ΦΙ.

Translations (5)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 963 focus

What shall we do, my lord? We wait thy word

Or to sail now, or yield to his desire.

NEO

My heart is pressed with a strange pity for him,
965

Not now beginning, but long since begun.

PHI

Ay, pity me, my son! by all above,

Make not thy name a scorn by wronging me!

NEO

O! I am troubled sore. What must I do?

Would I had never left mine island home!
970

PHI

Thou art not base, but seemest to have learnt

Some baseness from base men. Now, as ’tis meet,

Be better guided—leave me mine arms, and go.

NEO

().

What shall we do?

ODYSSEUS
Enter ODYSSEUS .

What art thou doing, knave?

Give me that bow, and haste thee back again.
975

PHI

Alas! What do I hear? Odysseus’ voice?

OD

Be sure of that, Odysseus, whom thou seest.

PHI

Oh, I am bought and sold, undone! ’Twas he

That kidnapped me, and robbed me of my bow.

OD

Yea. I deny it not. Be sure, ’twas I.
980

PHI

Give back, my son, the bow; release it!

OD

That,

Though he desire it, he shall never do.

Thou too shalt march along, or these shall force thee.

PHI

They force me! O thou boldest of bad men!

They force me?
985

OD

If thou com’st not willingly.

PHI

O Lemnian earth and thou almighty flame,

Hephaestos’ workmanship, shall this be borne,

That he by force must drag me from your care?

OD

’Tis Zeus, I tell thee, monarch of this isle,

Who thus hath willed. I am his minister.
990

PHI

Wretch, what vile words thy wit hath power to say!

The gods are liars when invoked by thee.

OD

Nay, ’tis their truth compels thee to this voyage.

PHI

I will not have it so.

OD

I will. Thou shalt.

PHI

Woe for my wretchedness! My father, then,
995

Begat no freeman, but a slave in me.

OD

Nay, but the peer of noblest men, with whom

Thou art to take and ravage Troy with might.

PHI

Never,—though I must suffer direst woe,—

While this steep Lemnian ground is mine to tread!
1000

OD

What now is thine intent?

PHI

Down from the crag

This head shall plunge and stain the crag beneath.

OD

(.)

Ay, seize and bind him. Baffle him in this.

PHI

German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 963 focus

Was thun wir? Nun steht's, Herr, bei dir, mit uns an Bord

Zu gehen oder seinem Wunsch gerecht zu sein.

Neoptolemos.

Mich hat ein bittres Schmerzgefühl um diesen Mann
935

Ergriffen, nicht erst eben jezt, nein, lange schon.

Philoktetes.

Erbarmen, Sohn! Bei'm Himmel, biete nicht dich selbst

Der Welt zum Hohne, daß du mich betrogen hast.

Neoptolemos.

Weh, was beginn' ich? Hätt' ich doch mein Skyros nie

Verlassen! Also schmerzt mich, was ich leiden muß.
940

Philoktetes.

Kein Böser bist du; Böse nur verlockten dich

Zum Argen, scheint es; aber laß den Schlechten nun

Das Schlechte, mir gib meine Wehr und segle fort.

Neoptolemos.

Was thun wir, Männer?

Odysseus (tritt schnell hervor.) Die Vorigen.

Odysseus.

Bösewicht, was willst du thun?

Tritt gleich zurück, und gib mir diesen Bogen her.
945

Philoktetes.

Wer ist der Mann? War das Odysseus' Stimme nicht?

Odysseus.

Gewiß, Odysseus' Stimme; mich erblickst du hier.

Philoktetes.

Verkauft, verloren bin ich, ach! Der also war's,

Der mich gefangen, der die Pfeile mir entwandt!

Odysseus.

Gewiß, ich selbst, kein Andrer; frei bekenn' ich es.
950

Philoktetes.

Sohn, gib den Bogen, laß mir ihn!

Odysseus.

Das wird er nie,

Auch wenn er wollte; nein, du selbst auch mußt mit ihm

Von hinnen, oder schleppen sie mit Zwang dich fort.

Philoktetes.

Mich? Du, der Schlimmen Schlimmster und Verwegenster,

Die mich gewaltsam?
955

Odysseus.

Wenn du nicht freiwillig gehst.
955

Philoktetes.

O Infelland von Lemnos, allgewaltige

Glut aus Hephästos' Esse, das denn duldet ihr,

Daß dieser mich gewaltsam euren Höh'n entführt?

Odysseus.

Zeus, wisse das, Zeus ist es, dieses Landes Herr,

Zeus, der es so geboten, und ich führ' es aus.
960

Philoktetes.

Ruchloser, welche Reden sinnst du kecklich aus?

Vorwendend Götter, machst du Götter lügenhaft.¹

Odysseus.

Nein, sondern wahrhaft. Wandeln mußt du diesen Pfad!

Ich sage: nein!

Und ich gebiet' es, du gehorchst!

Philoktetes.

Weh, weh mir Armen! Also hat mich offenbar
965

Zum Knecht gezeugt mein Vater, nicht zum freien Mann!

Odysseus.

Nein, als den besten Männern gleich, mit welchen du

Die Zinnen Troja's stürmen und zerstören sollst.

Philoktetes.

Niemals, und müßt' ich jedes Leid erdulden auch,

So lange mir die jähe Felsenstufe bleibt!
970

Was willst du thun?

Odysseus.

Vom Felsen stürz' ich mich sofort,

Zerschmettre blutig dieses Haupt am Felsen hier.

Ergreift ihn: nimmer stehe das in seiner Macht!

(Philoktetes wird von den Knechten ergriffen und an den Händen festgehalten.)

Philoktetes.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 963 focus

We attend your pleasure,

iNIy royal lord, we must be gone ; determine

To leave, or take him with us.

Neoptolemus

His distress
965

Doth move me much. Trust me, I long have felt
965

Compassion for him.

Philoctetes

Oh ! then by the gods

Pity me now, my son, nor let mankind

Reproach thee for a fraud so base.

Neoptolemus

Alas !

What shall I do? Would I were still at Scyros !

For I am most unhappy.
970

Philoctetes

O my son !

Thou art not base by nature, but misguided

By those who are, to deeds unworthy of thee.

Turn then thy fraud on them who best deserve it ;

Restore my arms, and leave me.

Neoptolemus

Speak, my friends,

What's to be done?

XJly. Ah ! dost thou hesitate?

Traitor, be gone ! Give me the arms.

Philoctetes
Scene II.

Ah me !

Ulysses here?

Ulysses

Aye ! 'tis Ulysses' self

That stands before thee.

Philoctetes

Then I'm lost, betrayed J

This was the cruel spoiler.

Ulysses

Doubt it not.
980

'Twas I ; I do confess it.
980

Philoctetes

\to Neoptolemus]. O my son !

Give me them back.

Ulysses

It must not be ; with them

Thyself must go, or we shall drag thee hence.

Philoctetes

And will they force mef O thou daring villain

XJly. They will, unless thou dost consent to go.
985

Philoctetes

Wilt thou, O Lemnos! wilt thou, mighty

Vulcan !

With thy all-conquering fire, permit me thus

To be torn from thee ?

Ulysses

Know, gi-eat Jove himself

Doth here preside. He hath decreed thy fate ;

I but perform his will.
990

Philoctetes

Detested wretch,

Mak'st thou the gods a cover for thy crime ?

Do they teach falsehood ?

Ulysses

No, they taught me truth,

And therefore, hence — that way thy journey lies.

Philoctetes
[Pointiny to the sea.

It doth not.

Ulysses

But I say it must be so.

Philoctetes

And Philoctetes then was born a slave !
995

I did not know it.

Ulysses

No; I mean to place thee

E'en with the noblest, e'en with those by whom

Proud Troy must perish.

Philoctetes

Never will I go.

Befall what may, whilst this deep cave is open

To bury all my sorrows.
1000

Ulysses

What wouldst do?

Philoctetes

Here throw me down, dash out my desperate

brains

Against this rock, and sprinkle it with my blood.

Ulysses

[to the Chorus]. Seize, and prevent him !

Philoctetes
{They seize him.

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Robert Potter, 1788)) — 963 focus

What thy commands? It now is thine, O king,

To speed thy sails, assenting to his words..

Neoptolemus

I am not now first moved); my heart long since
965

Hath melted with compassion at his woes.

Philoctetes

Oh pity me, I beg thee by the gods,

Nor let thy fame be blacken'd with reproach,

That me with basest fraud thou hast deceived..

Neoptolemus

How shall I act? Would I had never sail'd

From Scyros! This employment rends my heart.
970

Philoctetes

Thou art not base, but by base men impell'd

To shameful actions hither art thou come.

On them (such recompense is just) return

Their arts, and sail; but give me back my arms.

Neoptolemus

What shall we do, my friends?

Chorus
ULYSSES, NEOPTOLEMUS, PHILOCTETES,

What wou'dst thou do,,

Ulysses

Basest of men?

Give me the bow; away.
975

Philoctetes

Ha! Who is this?

Ulysses do I hear?

Ulysses

Ay; and in me Ulysses dost thou see.

Philoctetes

Oh, I am sold, undone! This then was he,

Whose arts beguiled, and robb'd me of my arms.

Ulysses

It was my deed, I own it, mine alone.
980

Philoctetes

My son, restore them; give me back my arms.

Ulysses

That, were he willing, he shall never do;

Philoctetes
LYS.

But with them thou must go; or these by force

Shall bear thee hence.

Bear me, audacious wretch,

Thou basest of base men, me shall they bear
985

By force ?
985

If willingly thou dost not go.
985

Philoctetes

Thou land of Lemnos, ye all-conquering flames

By Vulcan kindled, must I bear these wrongs?

And shall he drag me from your coasts by force?

Ulysses

Know thou that Jove, dread sovereign of this isle,

Jove thus ordains: I execute his will.
990

Philoctetes

Thou wretch abhorr'd, what hast thou now devised,

Making the gods thy plea? Are the gods false ?

Ulysses

No; they are true, and point thee out this path.

Philoctetes

I will not go.

Ulysses

Thou must, thou shalt obey.

Philoctetes

Unhappy me! What, am I then a slave ?

Ulysses

No; but a prince 'midst princes; and with such

Thy arms must conquer Troy, and raze her walls.

Philoctetes

No, though I hear must suffer every ill,

Never, whilst I have pow'r to climb this rock.
1000

Ulysses

What wou'dst thou do?

Philoctetes

Strait throw me from its height,

And with my blood distain the rocks beneath.

Ulysses

Lay hold on him, nor let him have that pow'r.

Philoctetes

English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 963 focus

Chorus

What shall we do? It rests with you, my king, whether we now sail, or move forward to answer his pleas.

Neoptolemus

A startling pity for him has come upon me—and not now for the first time, but long ago.
965

Philoctetes

Show mercy, boy, for the love of the gods, and do not give men cause to reproach you for having cheated me.

Neoptolemus

Ah, no, what shall I do? I wish I had never left

Scyros, so pained am I by these doings.
970

Philoctetes

You are not in and of yourself wicked, but you seem to have come to me after learning the shameless lessons of wicked masters. Now leave such behavior to others, whom it suits, and sail from here—once you have given me back my weapons.

Neoptolemus

What shall we do, friends?

Enter Odysseus with several armed attendants.

Odysseus

Traitor, what are you doing? Come back here and surrender that bow to me!
975

Philoctetes

Who is that? Do I hear Odysseus?

Odysseus

Yes, Odysseus, be sure of it. Here I am before your eyes.

Philoctetes

Ah, me, I am sold, destroyed! It was he, then, who entrapped me and robbed me of my arms.

Odysseus

Yes, I and no other. I avow it.
980

Philoctetes

Give back my bow, boy, give it up.

Odysseus

That he shall never do, even if he wished to. And, what is more, you must come along with it, or my men will bring you by force.

Philoctetes

Me, you basest and boldest of scoundrels,

they will take me by force?
985

Odysseus

Unless you come of your own free will.

Philoctetes

O Lemnos , and you all-conquering flame kindled by Hephaestus, will you indeed endure it that this man should take me from your domain by force?

Odysseus

Zeus it is, I tell you, Zeus, who rules this land,

and it is by Zeus that these actions are decreed. I am his servant.
990

Philoctetes

Hated creature, what clever pleading you devise! By sheltering yourself behind the gods, you make the gods liars.

Odysseus

No, but true prophets. Now our march must begin.

Philoctetes

Never!

Odysseus

Now, I say. You must obey.

Philoctetes

Ah, misery! Clearly, then, my father sired me to be a slave and no free man.
995

Odysseus

Not so, but to be the peer of the best and bravest, with whom you are destined to take Troy and force it to the ground.

Philoctetes

No, never—even if I must suffer every torment,

so long as I have this island’s steep cliffs beneath me!
1000

Odysseus

What do you plan to do?

Philoctetes

Throw myself now from the rock and shatter my head on the rocks below!

Odysseus

Quick, seize him, both of you! Do not give him the chance!

Commentary

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mvp-comment-528-1 δρῶμεν ¹

mvp-comment-528-2 ἐν σοὶ ²

mvp-comment-528-3 προσχωρεῖν ³

mvp-comment-529-1 ἐμοὶ μὲν ⁴

mvp-comment-529-2 ἐμπέπτωκε ⁵ οὐ νῦν πρῶτον ⁶

mvp-comment-530-1 ἐλἐησον ⁷

mvp-comment-530-2 παρῇς σαυτοῦ βρ. ὄνειδος ⁸

mvp-comment-530-3 ἐκκλέψας ⁹

mvp-comment-531-1 μήποτ’ ¹⁰ λιπεῖν ¹¹ ὤφελον ¹²

mvp-comment-531-2 Σκῦρον ¹³

mvp-comment-532-1 νῦν δ’ ἄλλοισι δοὺς ¹⁴ οἷς εἰκός ¹⁵ οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ ¹⁶ ἄλλοισι ¹⁷

mvp-comment-532-2 Other interpretations are: (1) δοὺς ¹⁸ ἄλλοις σε δοὺς ¹⁹ οἷα ²⁰ ἄλλοισι ²¹

mvp-comment-532-3 974 We are to suppose that Odysseus,—disquieted when he found that the

ἔμπορος

(627) was not quickly followed by N.,—had set out to inquire into the cause of the delay. From a place of concealment close to the scene he has overheard the last part of the conversation, and now, at the critical moment, he springs forward. The abruptness of his entrance is marked by the divided verse (

ἀντιλαβή

mvp-comment-532-4 975 Join εἶ … πάλιν ²²

mvp-comment-533-1 πέπραμαι ²³

mvp-comment-534-1 ἅμ’ αὐτοῖς ²⁴ στελοῦσί σε ²⁵ αὐτοῖς ²⁶

mvp-comment-535-1 τολμήστατε ²⁷

mvp-comment-536-1 οἵδ’ ²⁸

mvp-comment-536-2 μὴ ἕρπῃς ²⁹ η ³⁰ ε ³¹ α ³² γ’ ³³ ἕρπῃς ³⁴

mvp-comment-536-3 986 f. For the voc. combined with nom., cp. 867 n.

mvp-comment-536-4 τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας Ἡφαιστότευκτον ³⁵

mvp-comment-536-5 The Lemnians had an early repute as workers in iron: Tzetzes on Lycophr. 460

Λήμνιοι, ὡς φησὶν Ἑλλάνικος, εὗρον ὁπλοποιΐαν

. The local cult and the local industry of Lemnos were both expressed by its name

Αἰθάλεια

(‘sooty’), acc. to Polybius ap. Byz. Steph. s. v.

Αἰθάλη

. The same name was given to Ilva (Elba), on account of its iron-stone.

mvp-comment-537-1 εἰ … ἀπάξεται ³⁶

mvp-comment-537-2 τῶν σῶν ³⁷

mvp-comment-538-1 Ζεύς ³⁸ ἵν’ εἰδῇς ³⁹

mvp-comment-539-1 μῖσος ⁴⁰

mvp-comment-539-2 καὶ ἐξανευρίσκεις ⁴¹ λέγειν ⁴² λέγων ⁴³

mvp-comment-540-1 προτείνων ⁴⁴ ψευδεῖς τίθης ⁴⁵

mvp-comment-541-1 ἀληθεῖς ⁴⁶

mvp-comment-541-2 ἡ δ’ ὁδὸς ⁴⁷

mvp-comment-542-1 οὐ φήμ’ ⁴⁸

mvp-comment-542-2 ἐγὼ δὲ φημί ⁴⁹

mvp-comment-542-3 πειστέον τάδε ⁵⁰

mvp-comment-543-1 ἡμᾶς μὲν ⁵¹

mvp-comment-544-1 τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν ⁵²

mvp-comment-544-2 κατασκάψαι ⁵³

mvp-comment-545-1 οὐδέποτέ γ’ ⁵⁴

mvp-comment-545-2 πᾶν … κακόν ⁵⁵

mvp-comment-545-3 γῆς τόδ’ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον ⁵⁶

mvp-comment-546-1 ἐργασείεις ⁵⁷

mvp-comment-547-1 πέτρᾳ ⁵⁸ αἱμάξω ⁵⁹

mvp-comment-547-2 πέτρας ⁶⁰ πεσών ⁶¹ ἄνωθεν ⁶²

mvp-comment-548-1 ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν ⁶³ ξυλλάβετ’ αὐτόν ⁶⁴ γε ⁶⁵ ξυλλάβετε ⁶⁶

mvp-comment-548-2 μὴ )πὶ τῷδ’ ⁶⁷

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

963. mvp-comment-677-1 δρῶμεν] Conjunctive mood.

964. mvp-comment-678-1 ἤδη is to be joined with πλεῖν, 'To sail at once.' Cp. supr. 466, ἤδη · στέλλεσθε;

968. mvp-comment-679-1 σαυτοῦ] Some editors prefer σαυτῷ, the reading of I, i.e. 'Do not let thy name become a reproach amongst men.' But the reading of L is sound. 'Suffer not this reproach against thee to go forth amongst men.' ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ] 'Through your deceiving me.' Cp supr. 55.

969. mvp-comment-680-1 δράσω] Aor. conjunctive.

972. mvp-comment-681-1 ἔοικας ἥκειν] For this conversational periphrasis, see Essay on L. § 41. p. 77, a , and cp. Ant. 1279 foll. For δούς used like ἐνδούς, ‘yielding' ( cp. the intransitive use of 'give' in English), see Essay on L. § 55. p. 101, 4. Cp. also the turn of expression in Aj. 483, 4, παῦσαί γε μέντοι καὶ δὸς ἀνδράσιν φίλοις | γνώμης κρατῆσαι, τάσδε φροντίδας μεθείς : Eur. Phoen. 21, ἡδονῇ δούς.

979. mvp-comment-682-1 ξυλλαβών] Cp. supr. 945, and note.

981. mvp-comment-683-1 παῖ] Cp. supr. 967. The hateful sight of Odysseus drives Philoctetes once again to throw himself on the mercy of Neoptolemus. Cp. Lear, 2. 4, 'Those wicked creatures yet do look well-favoured, When others are more wicked; not being the worst | Stands in some rank of praise. I'll go with thee.'

982. mvp-comment-684-1 For the situation, cp. О. С. 858 foll.

983. mvp-comment-685-1 στείχειν ἅμ᾿ αὐτοῖς] ‘Το march along with them.' The pronoun αὐτοῖς refers to Neoptolemus and his attendants. Here, as infr. 1003, the language is assisted by the scene. Others refer αὐτοῖς to the bow, but in this case some other verb than στείχειν would be required.

986-988. mvp-comment-686-1 Cp. supr. 800, infr. 1464.

987. mvp-comment-687-1 Cp. supr. 376, and note.

988. mvp-comment-688-1 τῶν σῶν] Sc. χωρίων. The pron. refers to Λημνία χθών, the words καὶ.. Ἡφαιστότευκτον being διὰ μέσου.

989. mvp-comment-689-1 ἵν᾽ εἰδῇς] 'I tell you!' Cp. Aesch. Cho. 439, ἐμασχαλίσθη δ᾽ ἔθ᾽ ὡς τόδ' εἰδῇς. In such expressions there is an ellipse of λέγω. τῆσδε γῆς] Lemnos.

992. mvp-comment-690-1 Ср. О. С. 277. Zeus is false to Heracles if he favours the design against his friend.

993. mvp-comment-691-1 The removal of Philoctetes fulfils the prophecy of Helenus, and thus establishes the truthfulness of the gods.

994. mvp-comment-692-1 'I say, No! for my part.' 'But I say, Yes! you must be ruled.' Gernhard conjectured, ΦΙ. οὔ φημ'. ΟΔ. ἐγὼ δέ φημι

997. mvp-comment-693-1 ἄρα is postponed because of the energy with which the first words of the sentence are spoken. See Essay on L. § 26. p. 44.

998. mvp-comment-694-1 τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν] Neoptolemus.

1000. mvp-comment-695-1 γῆς .. βάθρον] 'This Lemnian steep.' Cp. Aj. 859, ὦ γῆς ἱερὸν οἰκείας πέδον | Σαλαμίνος. For the descriptive pleonasm of γῆς, cp. Aesch. Prom. 433, * Αϊδος.. μυχὸς γᾶς.

1002. mvp-comment-696-1 πέτρᾳ] 'On the rock;' i.e. ἐν πέτρα = εἰς πέτραν (rather than instrum. dat.), to be joined with αἱμάξω. πέτρας is ablative genitive with πεσών.

1003. mvp-comment-697-1 ξυλλάβετέ γ' αὐτόν] ‘Ay, apprehend him.' ye may be explained by supposing the attendants to have advanced of their own accord on seeing the intention of Philoctetes. Recent editors have adopted G. Bernhardy's conjecture, ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν, supposing Odysseus to address his two attendants, the usual δύ' ἀμφίπολοι of Epic poetry. But if this were right the same dual form of command would have been found elsewhere, e.g. in O. С. 840, 847.

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Χορός τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ, ἤδη ʼστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

Νεοπτόλεμος ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις 965 τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι.

Φιλοκτήτης ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

Νεοπτόλεμος οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μή ποτʼ ὤφελον λιπεῖν τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι. 970

Φιλοκτήτης οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ, πρὸς κακῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά· νῦν δʼ ἄλλοισι δοὺς οἷς εἰκὸς ἔκπλει, τἀμά μοι μεθεὶς ὅπλα.

Νεοπτόλεμος τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες;

Ὀδυσσεύς ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς; οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτʼ ἐμοὶ πάλιν; 975

Φιλοκτήτης οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ; ἆρʼ Ὀδυσσέως κλύω;

Ὀδυσσεύς Ὀδυσσέως, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, ἐμοῦ γʼ, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

Φιλοκτήτης οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλʼ· ὅδʼ ἦν ἄρα ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

Ὀδυσσεύς ἐγώ, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ τάδε. 980

Φιλοκτήτης ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

Ὀδυσσεύς τοῦτο μέν, οὐδʼ ἢν θέλῃ, δράσει ποτʼ· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ στείχειν ἅμʼ αὐτοῖς, ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

Φιλοκτήτης ἔμʼ, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε, οἵδʼ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν; 985

Ὀδυσσεύς ἢν μὴ ἕρπῃς ἑκών.

Φιλοκτήτης ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας Ἡφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνασχετά, εἴ μʼ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ;

Ὀδυσσεύς Ζεύς ἐσθʼ, ἵνʼ εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς κρατῶν, Ζεύς, ᾧ δέδοκται ταῦθʼ· ὑπηρετῶ δʼ ἐγώ. 990

Φιλοκτήτης ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις λέγειν· θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης.

Ὀδυσσεύς οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἀληθεῖς· ἡ δʼ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

Φιλοκτήτης οὔ φημʼ.

Ὀδυσσεύς ἐγὼ δέ φημι. πειστέον τάδε.

Φιλοκτήτης οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους σαφῶς 995 πατὴρ ἄρʼ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδʼ ἐλευθέρους.

Ὀδυσσεύς οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθʼ ὧν Τροίαν σʼ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

Φιλοκτήτης οὐδέποτέ γʼ· οὐδʼ ἢν χρῇ με πᾶν παθεῖν κακόν, ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδʼ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον. 1000

Ὀδυσσεύς τί δʼ ἐργασείεις;

Φιλοκτήτης κρᾶτʼ ἐμὸν τόδʼ αὐτίκα πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

Ὀδυσσεύς ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν· μὴ ʼπὶ τῷδʼ ἔστω τάδε.

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τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ, ἤδη ἐστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

ΝΕ. ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις 965 τοῦδ᾽ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι πάλιν πάλαι.

ΦΙ. ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς παρῆι παρῆς σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

ΝΕ. οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μήποτ᾽ ὤφελον λιπεῖν τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι. 970

ΦΙ. οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ· πρὸς κακῶν δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά. νῦν δ᾽ ἄλλοισι δοὺς

ΦΙΛΟΚΤΗΤΗΣ.

ΝΕ. τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες ;

ΟΔ. ὦ κάκιστ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς; οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ πάλιν ; 975

ΦΙ. οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ ἀνὴρ; ἆρ᾽ Οδυσσέως κλύω ;

ΟΔ. ᾿Οδυσσέως, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, ἐμοῦ γ᾽, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

ΦΙ. οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλ᾽. ὅδ᾽ ὧδ' ὅδ᾽ ἦν ἄρα ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

ΟΔ. ἐγώ, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ ὁ(υ)μολογῶ ὁμολογῶ τάδε. 980

ΦΙ. ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

ΟΔ. τοῦτο μέν, οὐδ᾽ ἣν θέλῃ, δράσει δράσει ποτ'· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ καί σε δὴ καὶ σὲ δεῖ στείχειν ἅμ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ἢ ἦ ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

ΦΙ. ἔμ᾽, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε, οἵδ᾽ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν ; 985

ΟΔ. ἣν μὴ ἕρπῃς μἤρπηις μἠρπης μ' ἕρπης εἴρπῃς ἑκών.

ΦΙ. ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας ῾Ηφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνασχετά, εἴ μ᾿ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ ;

ΟΔ. Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς τῆσ γῆς κρατῶν,

ΣΟΦΟΚΛΕΟΥΣ

ΦΙ. ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις κάξανευρίσκεις λέγειν· θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης τιθείς.

ΟΔ. οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀληθεῖς. ἡ δ᾽ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

ΦΙ. οὔ φημ᾽ ἔγωγε.

ΟΔ. φημί. πειστέον πιστέον πειστέον τάδε.

ΦΙ. οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους δοῦλος δούλους σαφῶς 995 πατὴρ ἄρ᾽ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους.

ΟΔ. οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθ᾽ ὧν Τροίαν σ᾽ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

ΦΙ. οὐδέποτέ γ᾽· οὐδ᾽ ἣν χρῇ χρῆ χρή με πᾶν παθεῖν παθεῖν κακόν, ἕως γ' ἕως (γ΄) ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδ᾽ αἰπεινὸν ἐπεινὸν αἰπεινὸν βάθρον. 1000

ΟΔ. τί δ᾽ ἐργασείεις ;

ΦΙ. κρᾶτ᾿ ἐμὸν τόδ᾽ αὐτίκα πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

ΟΔ. ξυλλάβετέ γ᾽ ξυλλάβετ᾽ ξυλλάβετέ γ' αὐτόν· μὴ ἐπὶ τῷδ᾽ ἔστω τάδε.

ΦΙ.

What shall we do, my lord? We wait thy word Or to sail now, or yield to his desire.

NEO My heart is pressed with a strange pity for him, 965 Not now beginning, but long since begun.

PHI Ay, pity me, my son! by all above, Make not thy name a scorn by wronging me!

NEO O! I am troubled sore. What must I do? Would I had never left mine island home! 970

PHI Thou art not base, but seemest to have learnt Some baseness from base men. Now, as ’tis meet, Be better guided—leave me mine arms, and go.

NEO (). What shall we do?

ODYSSEUS Enter ODYSSEUS . What art thou doing, knave? Give me that bow, and haste thee back again. 975

PHI Alas! What do I hear? Odysseus’ voice?

OD Be sure of that, Odysseus, whom thou seest.

PHI Oh, I am bought and sold, undone! ’Twas he That kidnapped me, and robbed me of my bow.

OD Yea. I deny it not. Be sure, ’twas I. 980

PHI Give back, my son, the bow; release it!

OD That, Though he desire it, he shall never do. Thou too shalt march along, or these shall force thee.

PHI They force me! O thou boldest of bad men! They force me? 985

OD If thou com’st not willingly.

PHI O Lemnian earth and thou almighty flame, Hephaestos’ workmanship, shall this be borne, That he by force must drag me from your care?

OD ’Tis Zeus, I tell thee, monarch of this isle, Who thus hath willed. I am his minister. 990

PHI Wretch, what vile words thy wit hath power to say! The gods are liars when invoked by thee.

OD Nay, ’tis their truth compels thee to this voyage.

PHI I will not have it so.

Χορός

τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ,

ἤδη ʼστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

Νεοπτόλεμος

ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις
965

τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι.

Φιλοκτήτης

ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς

σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

Νεοπτόλεμος

οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μή ποτʼ ὤφελον λιπεῖν

τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι.
970

Φιλοκτήτης

οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ, πρὸς κακῶν δʼ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν

ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά· νῦν δʼ ἄλλοισι δοὺς

οἷς εἰκὸς ἔκπλει, τἀμά μοι μεθεὶς ὅπλα.

Νεοπτόλεμος

τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες;

Ὀδυσσεύς

ὦ κάκιστʼ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς;

οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτʼ ἐμοὶ πάλιν;
975

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ; ἆρʼ Ὀδυσσέως κλύω;

Ὀδυσσεύς

Ὀδυσσέως, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, ἐμοῦ γʼ, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλʼ· ὅδʼ ἦν ἄρα

ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἐγώ, σάφʼ ἴσθʼ, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ τάδε.
980

Φιλοκτήτης

ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

Ὀδυσσεύς

τοῦτο μέν,

οὐδʼ ἢν θέλῃ, δράσει ποτʼ· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ

στείχειν ἅμʼ αὐτοῖς, ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

Φιλοκτήτης

ἔμʼ, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε,

οἵδʼ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν;
985

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἢν μὴ ἕρπῃς ἑκών.

Φιλοκτήτης

ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας

Ἡφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτʼ ἀνασχετά,

εἴ μʼ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ;

Ὀδυσσεύς

Ζεύς ἐσθʼ, ἵνʼ εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς κρατῶν,

Ζεύς, ᾧ δέδοκται ταῦθʼ· ὑπηρετῶ δʼ ἐγώ.
990

Φιλοκτήτης

ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις λέγειν·

θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης.

Ὀδυσσεύς

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ἀληθεῖς· ἡ δʼ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

Φιλοκτήτης

οὔ φημʼ.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ἐγὼ δέ φημι. πειστέον τάδε.

Φιλοκτήτης

οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους σαφῶς
995

πατὴρ ἄρʼ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδʼ ἐλευθέρους.

Ὀδυσσεύς

οὔκ, ἀλλʼ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθʼ ὧν

Τροίαν σʼ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

Φιλοκτήτης

οὐδέποτέ γʼ· οὐδʼ ἢν χρῇ με πᾶν παθεῖν κακόν,

ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδʼ αἰπεινὸν βάθρον.
1000

Ὀδυσσεύς

τί δʼ ἐργασείεις;

Φιλοκτήτης

κρᾶτʼ ἐμὸν τόδʼ αὐτίκα

πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

Ὀδυσσεύς

ξυλλάβετον αὐτόν· μὴ ʼπὶ τῷδʼ ἔστω τάδε.

τί δρῶμεν; ἐν σοὶ καὶ τὸ πλεῖν ἡμᾶς, ἄναξ,

ἤδη ἐστὶ καὶ τοῖς τοῦδε προσχωρεῖν λόγοις.

ΝΕ.

ἐμοὶ μὲν οἶκτος δεινὸς ἐμπέπτωκέ τις
965

τοῦδ᾽ ἀνδρὸς οὐ νῦν πρῶτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλαι πάλιν πάλαι.

ΦΙ.

ἐλέησον, ὦ παῖ, πρὸς θεῶν, καὶ μὴ παρῇς παρῆι παρῆς

σαυτοῦ βροτοῖς ὄνειδος, ἐκκλέψας ἐμέ.

ΝΕ.

οἴμοι, τί δράσω; μήποτ᾽ ὤφελον λιπεῖν

τὴν Σκῦρον· οὕτω τοῖς παροῦσιν ἄχθομαι.
970

ΦΙ.

οὐκ εἶ κακὸς σύ· πρὸς κακῶν δ᾽ ἀνδρῶν μαθὼν

ἔοικας ἥκειν αἰσχρά. νῦν δ᾽ ἄλλοισι δοὺς

ΝΕ.

τί δρῶμεν, ἄνδρες ;

ΟΔ.

ὦ κάκιστ᾽ ἀνδρῶν, τί δρᾷς;

οὐκ εἶ μεθεὶς τὰ τόξα ταῦτ᾽ ἐμοὶ πάλιν ;
975

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι, τίς ἁνήρ ἀνὴρ; ἆρ᾽ Οδυσσέως κλύω ;

ΟΔ.

᾿Οδυσσέως, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, ἐμοῦ γ᾽, ὃν εἰσορᾷς.

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι· πέπραμαι κἀπόλωλ᾽. ὅδ᾽ ὧδ' ὅδ᾽ ἦν ἄρα

ὁ ξυλλαβών με κἀπονοσφίσας ὅπλων.

ΟΔ.

ἐγώ, σάφ᾽ ἴσθ᾽, οὐκ ἄλλος· ὁμολογῶ ὁ(υ)μολογῶ ὁμολογῶ τάδε.
980

ΦΙ.

ἀπόδος, ἄφες μοι, παῖ, τὰ τόξα.

ΟΔ.

τοῦτο μέν,

οὐδ᾽ ἣν θέλῃ, δράσει δράσει ποτ'· ἀλλὰ καὶ σὲ δεῖ καί σε δὴ καὶ σὲ δεῖ

στείχειν ἅμ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ἢ ἦ ἢ βίᾳ στελοῦσί σε.

ΦΙ.

ἔμ᾽, ὦ κακῶν κάκιστε καὶ τολμήστατε,

οἵδ᾽ ἐκ βίας ἄξουσιν ;
985

ΟΔ.

ἣν μὴ ἕρπῃς μἤρπηις μἠρπης μ' ἕρπης εἴρπῃς ἑκών.

ΦΙ.

ὦ Λημνία χθὼν καὶ τὸ παγκρατὲς σέλας

῾Ηφαιστότευκτον, ταῦτα δῆτ᾽ ἀνασχετά,

εἴ μ᾿ οὗτος ἐκ τῶν σῶν ἀπάξεται βίᾳ ;

ΟΔ.

Ζεὺς ἔσθ᾽, ἵν εἰδῇς, Ζεύς, ὁ τῆσδε γῆς τῆσ γῆς κρατῶν,

ΦΙ.

ὦ μῖσος, οἷα κἀξανευρίσκεις κάξανευρίσκεις λέγειν·

θεοὺς προτείνων τοὺς θεοὺς ψευδεῖς τίθης τιθείς.

ΟΔ.

οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ἀληθεῖς. ἡ δ᾽ ὁδὸς πορευτέα.

ΦΙ.

οὔ φημ᾽ ἔγωγε.

ΟΔ.

φημί. πειστέον πιστέον πειστέον τάδε.

ΦΙ.

οἴμοι τάλας. ἡμᾶς μὲν ὡς δούλους δοῦλος δούλους σαφῶς
995

πατὴρ ἄρ᾽ ἐξέφυσεν οὐδ᾽ ἐλευθέρους.

ΟΔ.

οὔκ, ἀλλ᾽ ὁμοίους τοῖς ἀρίστοισιν, μεθ᾽ ὧν

Τροίαν σ᾽ ἑλεῖν δεῖ καὶ κατασκάψαι βίᾳ.

ΦΙ.

οὐδέποτέ γ᾽· οὐδ᾽ ἣν χρῇ χρῆ χρή με πᾶν παθεῖν παθεῖν κακόν,

ἕως γ' ἕως (γ΄) ἕως ἂν ᾖ μοι γῆς τόδ᾽ αἰπεινὸν ἐπεινὸν αἰπεινὸν βάθρον.
1000

ΟΔ.

τί δ᾽ ἐργασείεις ;

ΦΙ.

κρᾶτ᾿ ἐμὸν τόδ᾽ αὐτίκα

πέτρᾳ πέτρας ἄνωθεν αἱμάξω πεσών.

ΟΔ.

ξυλλάβετέ γ᾽ ξυλλάβετ᾽ ξυλλάβετέ γ' αὐτόν· μὴ ἐπὶ τῷδ᾽ ἔστω τάδε.

What shall we do, my lord? We wait thy word

Or to sail now, or yield to his desire.

NEO

My heart is pressed with a strange pity for him,
965

Not now beginning, but long since begun.

PHI

Ay, pity me, my son! by all above,

Make not thy name a scorn by wronging me!

NEO

O! I am troubled sore. What must I do?

Would I had never left mine island home!
970

PHI

Thou art not base, but seemest to have learnt

Some baseness from base men. Now, as ’tis meet,

Be better guided—leave me mine arms, and go.

NEO

().

What shall we do?

ODYSSEUS
Enter ODYSSEUS .

What art thou doing, knave?

Give me that bow, and haste thee back again.
975

PHI

Alas! What do I hear? Odysseus’ voice?

OD

Be sure of that, Odysseus, whom thou seest.

PHI

Oh, I am bought and sold, undone! ’Twas he

That kidnapped me, and robbed me of my bow.

OD

Yea. I deny it not. Be sure, ’twas I.
980

PHI

Give back, my son, the bow; release it!

OD

That,

Though he desire it, he shall never do.

Thou too shalt march along, or these shall force thee.

PHI

They force me! O thou boldest of bad men!

They force me?
985

OD

If thou com’st not willingly.

PHI

O Lemnian earth and thou almighty flame,

Hephaestos’ workmanship, shall this be borne,

That he by force must drag me from your care?

OD

’Tis Zeus, I tell thee, monarch of this isle,

Who thus hath willed. I am his minister.
990

PHI

Wretch, what vile words thy wit hath power to say!

The gods are liars when invoked by thee.

OD

Nay, ’tis their truth compels thee to this voyage.

PHI

I will not have it so.

OD

I will. Thou shalt.

PHI

Woe for my wretchedness! My father, then,
995

Begat no freeman, but a slave in me.

OD

Nay, but the peer of noblest men, with whom

Thou art to take and ravage Troy with might.

PHI

Never,—though I must suffer direst woe,—

While this steep Lemnian ground is mine to tread!
1000

OD

What now is thine intent?

PHI

Down from the crag

This head shall plunge and stain the crag beneath.