πεμφθείς γε μέντοι: “γε” emphasises “πεμφθείς”, and “μέντοι”=‘however’: cp. O. T. 442 n. προδότης: he is thinking of what Od.said in v. 53.—“βούλομαι δ̓”: “δέ”=“ἀλλά” ( Ant. 85). ἐξαμαρτεῖν, aor., ‘to fail’ (regarded as an event occurring at some one moment); νικᾶν, pres., ‘to be victorious’ (a continuing state: O. T. 437 n.). Cp. 1397 “πάσχειν...παθεῖν”.
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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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