ἔσται τάδ̓: cp. O. C. 1773“δράσω καὶ τάδε.” ἵστω=“ἀνίστω”: O. T. 143, O. T. 147. καὐτὸς ἀντέχου, sc. “ἐμοῦ”: i.e., as I am supporting thee, so, on thy part, cling to me. Cp. Her. 2. 121“ἐκείνου τῆς χειρὸς ἀντέχεσθαι”. For the omission of the gen., cp. Ar. Ach. 1120“φέρε, τοῦ δόρατος ἀφελκύσωμαι τοὔλυτρον”. | “ἔχ̓, ἀντέχου, παῖ”.
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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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