οὐ μὴ πίθηται, a strong denial: cp. 381, 418, O. C. 849 n. πρὸς βίαν δ̓: persuasion will be in vain: and, when persuasion has failed, force will be useless (cp. 90).
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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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