ἀλλ᾽ ἥδομαι μέν: here μέν slightly emphasises the verb, but does not oppose it to any other thought: the “νῦν δ᾽” in 886 should not be regarded as answering to it. Cp. 1278: O. T. 82“ἀλλ᾽ εἰκάσαι μέν, ἡδύς”: ib. 769 “ἀλλ᾽ ἵξεται μέν.” ἀνώδυνον masc., to be taken adverbially with both participles (‘living and breathing, free from pain’): not neut., with “βλέποντα” only, as if the sense were, ‘showing the absence of pain by thy looks.’ βλέποντα=“ζῶντα” (though here with special reference to his recent slumber, cp. 856 “ἀνόμματος”): Ai. 962“κεἰ βλέποντα μὴ ᾿πόθουν”, | “θανόντ᾽ ἂν οἰμώξειαν.” κἀμπνέοντ̓: Aesch. Ag. 671“ἐκείνων εἴ τις ἐστὶν ἐμπνέων”.
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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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