τὸ παρὸν θεραπεύειν, to provide for the need of the moment. Cp. Dem. or. 18 § 307 “τοὺς ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐχθρῶν καιροὺς ἀντὶ τῶν τῆς πατρίδος θεραπεύειν”. Cp. the proverb “τὸ παρὸν εὖ ποιεῖν” ( Plat. Gorg. 499C), ‘to do the best one can.’
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments, with critical notes, commentary, and translation in English prose. Part IV: The Philoctetes. Sir Richard C. Jebb. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1932.
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