ἔστω. Wecklein reads “ἴτω”, which is the fitter word where bold indifference to possible consequences is declared (cp. 120 n., and O. T. 1458“ἀλλ᾽ ἡ μὲν ἡμῶν μοῖῤ, ὅποιπερ εἶς᾿, O. T. i῎τω”). But the calmer word “ἔστω” is more dignified and more effective here. Cp. O. C. 1205“ἔστω δ᾽ οὖν ὅπως ὑμῖν φίλον”.
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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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