But Philoctetes lay suffering grievous pains in an island, even in sacred Lemnos, where the sons of the Achaeans had left him in anguish with an evil wound from a deadly water-snake.
ἀλλ' ὃ μὲν ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο κρατέρ' ἄλγεα πάσχων Λήμνῳ ἐν ἠγαθέῃ , ὅθι μιν λίπον υἷες Ἀχαιῶν ἕλκεϊ μοχθίζοντα κακῷ ὀλοόφρονος ὕδρου · [0]
ἀλλά ὁ μέν ἐν νῆσος κεῖμαι κρατερός ἄλγος πάσχω Λῆμνος ἐν ἠγάθεος , ὅθι μιν λείπω υἱός Ἀχαιός ἕλκος μοχθίζω κακός ὀλοόφρων ὕδρος ·