Sophocles Philoctetes 329

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Philoctetes
PHILOCTETES, NEOPTOLEMUS, CHORUS.
What means this clamorous uproar at my cave?
Why call you me? What would you? Ah, I fear
Some further mischief. Come you to augment
My woes, and add to ill some greater ill ?
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Philoctetes. Sophocles. Robert Potter (Translator). London. 1820.

Current edition Experimental

English (Robert Potter, 1788) (OCR draft) (English) (English (Robert Potter, 1788))

Provisional text from uncorrected OCR; expect errors.

Editions (2)
Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (Lewis Campbell, 1879)) — 329 focus
ὦ παῖ Ποίαντος, ἐξερῶ ἐξερῶ ἐξερῶ, μόλις δ᾽ ἐρῶ,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 391-402 focus
Translations (4)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 329 focus
NEO
In doing right I fear not them nor thee.
German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 317 focus
Auch ich beklage billig, Sohn des Pöas, dich
Gleich jenen Fremden, welche hier gelandet sind.
English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 329 focus
Neoptolemus
Withhold thy imprecations,
And take thy arrows back.
English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 391-400 focus

Commentary

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

mvp-comment-671-1 ἀμείψας 1

mvp-comment-671-2 πετρήρεις 2

mvp-comment-672-1 τίς αὖ 3

mvp-comment-672-2 ἄντροις 4

mvp-comment-672-3 ἵσταται 5

mvp-comment-672-4 ἐκκαλεῖσθε 6 κεχρημένοι 7

mvp-comment-673-1 ὤμοι· κακὸν τὸ χρῆμα 8 χρῆμα 9

mvp-comment-673-2 μῶν τί μοι vέα … κακά 10 vέα 11 μέγα 12 τι 13

mvp-comment-673-3 πέμποντες 14

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

1263-1265. mvp-comment-836-1 The tone of these lines is that of one utterly broken by misery, and desirous only to be left alone. Cp. Αj. 787, 8, τί μ᾽ αὖ τάλαιναν, ἀρτίως πεπαυμένην | κακῶν ἀτρύτων, ἐξ ἕδρας ἀνίστατε;

1263. mvp-comment-837-1 τίς. βοῆς] 'What loud disturbance is again taking place before my cave?' For ἵσταται, ср. O. C. 1478, μαλ᾽ αὖθις ἀμφίσταται διαπρύσιος ὅτοβος: Aesch. Cho. 885, τίνα βοὴν ἵστης δόμοις; Eur. Iph. T. 1307, τις ἀμφὶ δῶμα θεᾶς τόδ᾽ ἴστησιν βοήν ;

1264. mvp-comment-838-1 ἐκκαλεῖσθε] Cp. Hdt. 8.79 (of Aristeides), στὰς ἐπὶ τὸ συνέδριον, ἐξεκαλέετο Θεμιστοκλέα.