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PHILOCTETES: PHILOCTETES CALLS FOR DEATH by AESCHYLUS

First Line: O HEALER DEATH, SPURN NOT TO COME TO ME
Last Line: ARE DOCTOR, AND A DEAD MAN FEELS NO PAIN.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;

O Healer Death, spurn not to come to me;
For you alone of woes incurable
Are doctor, and a dead man feels no pain.



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