Ὀδυσσεύς
ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε τῆς περιρρύτου χθονὸς
Λήμνου, βροτοῖς ἄστιπτος οὐδ᾽ οἰκουμένη,
ἔνθ᾽, ὦ κρατίστου πατρὸς Ἑλλήνων τραφεὶς
Ἀχιλλέως παῖ Νεοπτόλεμε, τὸν Μηλιᾶ
5Ποίαντος υἱὸν ἐξέθηκ᾽ ἐγώ ποτε,
ταχθεὶς τόδ᾽ ἔρδειν τῶν ἀνασσόντων ὕπο,
νόσῳ καταστάζοντα διαβόρῳ πόδα:
ὅτ᾽ οὔτε λοιβῆς ἡμὶν οὔτε θυμάτων
παρῆν ἑκήλοις προσθιγεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ ἀγρίαις
10κατεῖχ᾽ ἀεὶ πᾶν στρατόπεδον δυσφημίαις,
βοῶν, στενάζων. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν τί δεῖ
λέγειν; ἀκμὴ γὰρ οὐ μακρῶν ἡμῖν λόγων,
μὴ καὶ μάθῃ μ᾽ ἥκοντα κἀκχέω τὸ πᾶν
σόφισμα, τῷ νιν αὐτίχ᾽ αἱρήσειν δοκῶ.
15ἀλλ᾽ ἔργον ἤδη σὸν τὰ λοίφ᾽ ὑπηρετεῖν
σκοπεῖν θ᾽ ὅπου 'στ᾽ ἐνταῦθα δίστομος πέτρα
τοιάδ᾽, ἵν᾽ ἐν ψύχει μὲν ἡλίου διπλῆ
πάρεστιν ἐνθάκησις, ἐν θέρει δ᾽ ὕπνον
δι᾽ ἀμφιτρῆτος αὐλίου πέμπει πνοή:
20βαιὸν δ᾽ ἔνερθεν ἐξ ἀριστερᾶς τάχ᾽ ἂν
ἴδοις ποτὸν κρηναῖον, εἴπερ ἐστὶ σῶν.
ἅ μοι προσελθὼν σῖγα σήμαιν᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἐκεῖ
χῶρον τὸν αὐτὸν τόνδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ εἴτ᾽ ἄλλῃ κυρεῖ,
ὡς τἀπίλοιπα τῶν λόγων σὺ μὲν κλύῃς,
25ἐγὼ δὲ φράζω, κοινὰ δ᾽ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν ἴῃ.
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Sophocles. Sophocles. Vol 2: Ajax. Electra. Trachiniae. Philoctetes With an English translation by F. Storr. The Loeb classical library, 21. Francis Storr. London; New York. William Heinemann Ltd.; The Macmillan Company. 1913.
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