ὡς δεῖ γενέσθαι ταῦτα: i.e., if Ph. consents to come (1332): if he does not, then Troy cannot be taken (611). The change of δεῖ to χρὴ is unnecessary, since “δεῖ” can equally well denote what is ordained by fate: cp. 998: 1397: O. T. 825.
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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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