πρόστροπον: in this sense only here and in O. T. 41.Cp. 470 “ἱκέτης ἱκνοῦμαι”: 930: “τὸν προστρόπαιον, τὸν ἱκέτην.” κτείνας γένῃ: cp. 1067: Ai. 588“μὴ προδοὺς ἡμᾶς γένῃ”. Plat. Soph. 217C “μὴ...ἀπαρνηθεὶς γένῃ”.
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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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