Friday, October 01, 2021
Excuse for Lying
Sophocles, Philoctetes 108-109 (tr. David Grene):
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NEOPTOLEMUS
Do you not find it shameful to tell lies?
ODYSSEUS
Not if the lying brings our rescue with it.
ΝΕΟΠΤΟΛΕΜΟΣ
οὐκ αἰσχρὸν ἡγῇ δῆτα τὸ ψευδῆ λέγειν;
ΟΔΥΣΣΕΥΣ
οὔκ, εἰ τὸ σωθῆναί γε τὸ ψεῦδος φέρει.
108 δῆτα τὸ Vauvilliers: δὴ τάδε vel δῆτα τὰ codd.
