παῖς … ὡς: like a child that cannot yet walk firmly without the help of its nurse. Cp. Aesch. Eum. 38, where the aged priestess, tottering with fear, is said to be “ἀντίπαις”.
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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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