ἀλλ᾽ ἤθελον μὲν ἄν: cp. 427, 1239: and for “ἀλλὰ μέν”, 882 n.— πρὸς καιρὸν=“καιρίως” ( O. T. 325 n.).— πέπαυμαι: for the perf., cp. 76 “ὄλωλα”. Similarly “πεπαύσομαι” ( Ant. 91 n.).— πάντα γὰρ: for this use of “γάρ”, marking assent, cp. Ant. 639.
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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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