μόνον=modo, as oft. in wishes or commands ( Tr. 1109“προσμόλοι μόνον”, etc.). βουλοίμεσθα: the optat. in the relative clause, because “σῴζοιεν” stands in the principal clause: as 961 “ὄλοιο μήπω πρὶν μάθοιμ̓”. Cp. 325 n.: O. C. 778 n.
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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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