Thucydides 4.92.5: A Quotation from Sophocles’ <i>Philoctetes</i>?
Abstract
In the speech of the Boeotian general Pagondas Thucydides included (4.92.5) a peculiar expression, ἰσχύος που θράσει, that, upon closer inspection, turns out to be a virtually unnoticed quotation from Sophocles, Philoctetes 104.
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2025-08-15
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