Sophocles Philoctetes 391

Robert Potter (Translator)

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Hercules
Delay not then: the favouring gales arise,
Inviting to a prosperous course your sails.

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)) — 391 focus
Ὀρεστέρα παμβῶτι Γᾶ ya yᾷ γὰ, μᾶτερ αὐτοῦ Διός,
Greek (F. Storr, 1912) (OCR draft) Experimental (Greek (F. Storr, 1912)) — 391-402 focus
Translations (3)
English (Lewis Campbell, 1906) (OCR draft) Experimental (English (Lewis Campbell, 1906)) — 391 focus
PHI
I to shield thee will be there.
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,
390
du Sel'ge, die auf Berglöwen hoch,
Den Stierwürgern, thront!
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-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

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

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 Heracles is now withdrawn.