ἤδη...ὕστερον … εἰσοπίσω: the redundant diction marks strong feeling, as in Ai. 858“πανύστατον δὴ κοὔποτ᾽ α<*>θις ὕστερον.” ὕστερον: for the short syll. at the end of the verse, cp. 184 n.
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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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