Tragedy · Sophocles
Philoctetes
Sophocles, c. 497–406 BCE — in Greek.
The words most alive here
When one word holds both the son and the slave, which did the Greeks hear first?
- ὅδε · hode 163
- οὗτος · houtos 119
- ὦ · ō 119
- τίς · tis 113
- ὡς · hōs 75
- κακός · kakos 63
- ἔχω · echō 59
- λέγω · legō 58
- ἀνήρ · anēr 50
- τέκνον · teknon 47
- λόγος · logos 41
- παῖς · pais 37
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
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Sophocles, Philoctetes 1004–1005
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