Sophocles Philoctetes 376

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Philoctetes

Yes, let me suffer what my fate requires

I suffer. But, remember, thou hast pledged

Thy hand to bear me to my household gods :

Perform it; haste; and think of Troy no more :

Troy hath already caused me groans enough.

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)) — 376 focus

εἰ τἀμὰ κεῖνος ὅπλ᾽ ἀφαιρήσοιτό ἀφαιρήσοιτό ἀφαιρήσοιτο με.

Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 391-402 focus

Χορός

ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι Γᾶ, μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός,

ἃ τὸν μέγαν Πακτωλὸν εὔχρυσον νέμεις,

σὲ κἀκεῖ, μᾶτερ πότνιʼ, ἐπηυδώμαν,
395

ὅτʼ ἐς τόνδʼ Ἀτρειδᾶν ὕβρις πᾶσʼ ἐχώρει,

ὅτε τὰ πάτρια τεύχεα παρεδίδοσαν,

ἰὼ μάκαιρα ταυροκτόνων
400

λεόντων ἔφεδρε, τῷ Λαρτίου

σέβας ὑπέρτατον.

Translations (4)

English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 376 focus

NEO

Ah, be not hardened in thy misery!
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German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review) (OCR draft) Experimental (German (J. J. C. Donner, 1875; OCR review)) — 391 focus

Bergmutter, Erd', Alnährerin, welcher Zeus selbst entsproß,¹
385

Die waltet bei Paktolos' großem, goldnem Strom!

Schon dort, hehre Mutter, dort rief ich zu dir,

Da schmachvollen Hohn ihm des Atreus Geschlecht bot,

Da sie des Vaters Wehr ihm an Laertes' Sohn

Hingaben, als des Ruhms höchsten Preis,
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du Sel'ge, die auf Berglöwen hoch,

Den Stierwürgern, thront!

Philoktetes.

English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Thomas Francklin, 1758–1759)) — 376 focus

Philoctetes
[Hercules reascends. Scene V.

I will but pay my salutations here,

And instantly depart. To thee, my cave,

Where I so long have dwelt, I bid farewell !

And you, ye nymphs, who on the watery plains

Deign to reside, farewell ! Farewell the noise
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Of beating waves, which I so oft have heard

From the rough sea, which by the black wiiids driven

O'erw helmed me, shivering. Oft th' Hermsean mount

Echoed my plaintive voice> by wintry stor^ns

Afflicted, and returned me groan for groan.
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Now, ye fresh fountains, each Lycajan spring,

I leave you now. Alas ! I little thought

To leave you ever. And thou sea-girt isle,

Lemnos, farewell ! Permit me to depart

By thee unblamed, and with a prosperous gale
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To go where fate demands, where kindest friends

By counsel urge me, where all-powerful Jove

In his unerring wisdom hath decreed.

English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Sir Richard Jebb, 1904)) — 391-400 focus

Chorus

Goddess of the hills, Earth all-nourishing, mother of Zeus himself, you through whose realm the great Pactolus

rolls golden sands! There, there also, dread Mother, I called upon your name, when all the insults of the Atreids landed upon this man, when they handed over his father’s armor, that sublime marvel,
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to the son of Laertes . Hear it, blessed queen, who rides on bull-slaughtering lions!
400

Commentary

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

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