βία: cp. 321: Tr. 38“Ἰφίτου βίαν.” οἰ̔̂, Porson's correction of οἷς, is certain. The sufferer prays that their sufferings may be like his own: cp. 275 n.: Ant. 927.With “οἷς”, both “αὐτοῖς” (as= ‘themselves’) and “ἀντίποιν̓” become comparatively tame. ἐμοῦ: cp. El. 592“ὡς τῆς θυγατρὸς ἀντίποινα λαμβάνεις”.
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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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