Thucydides 4.92.5: A Quotation from Sophocles’ Philoctetes?

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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2025-01-01
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Thucydides 4.92.5: A Quotation from Sophocles’ Philoctetes?

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Thucydides 4.92.5: A Quotation from Sophocles’ Philoctetes?

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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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