θεοί: for the synizesis cp. 196. γένοιτο … γένοιτο δὲ: cp. 633 n.— ταῦτα νῷν: the vague phrase covers his secret prayer,—that, sharing the possession of the bow with Ph. , he may also share the victory over Troy (115). κεὐσταλής, well-sped, expeditious: cp. 516 n. ὅποι ποτὲ κ.τ.λ.: with the same ambiguity as in 529.
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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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