πικρούς, odious; cp. 254 n. This sense seems more suitable here than ‘bitter against thee,’ when “πικροὺς...ἔχθεις” would be like “μισοῦντ᾽ ἐμίσει” ( Ai. 1134).
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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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