οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς οὐ, sc. “πονεῖ”: for “ὡς” instead of the usual “ὅπως”, cp. Ant. 750“ταύτην ποτ᾽ οὐκ ἔσθ᾽ ὡς ἔτι ζῶσαν γαμεῖς”. This shows that we ought not to read “οὐκ ἔστιν ὅπως οὐ θεῶν μελέτῃ” (omitting “του”).
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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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