οἰκτίρω, the spelling attested by Attic inscriptions ( O. T. 13 n.). ὅπως, ‘(thinking) how’: cp. Ai. 510“οἴκτιρε δ̓, ὦναξ, παῖδα τὸν σόν,...ὅσον κακὸν” | “κείνῳ τε κἀμοὶ τοῦθ̓, ὅταν θάνῃς, νεμεῖς”.
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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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