ἄγετε, take me away,—referring to the use of physical force; ἀπάγεσθε, carry me with you,—referring to their ulterior purpose. For the midd., cp. 613, 988. οὐδέν εἰμι: cp. 951.— τέθνηχ᾽ ὑμῖν, dat. of relation, meaning here, ‘so far as it rested with you to kill me.’ Cp. O. C. 429“ἀνάστατος” | “αὐτοῖν ἐπέμφθην” (n.): Ai. 1128“θεὸς γὰρ ἐκσῴζει με, τῷδε δ᾽ οἴχομαι”.
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part IV: The Philoctetes. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1932.
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