Strangely enough, LaTeX automatically changes a normal sigma (σ) into a "varsigma" (ς) if no proper letter follows. Of course, in most cases that's perfectly fine. It's a bit annoying, though, when there's an apostrophe after the sigma because the sigma isn't supposed to change in this particular case.
For example: LaTeX changes my "ἀπολλυσ᾽ οὐχ" into "ἀπολλυς᾽ οὐχ" which I don't like. Has anybody an idea how to fix this?
Here's a minimal example:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[greek]{babel}
\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
\textgreek{φίλος μ᾽ἀπόλλυc᾽οὐχ ἑκοῦσαν οὐχ᾽ ἑκών.}
\end{document}


ἀπόλλυchas a Latin "c" at the end, which corresponds to a final sigma in the translitteration; if you simply useἀπόλλυσthe output will be correct. – egreg Dec 24 '12 at 10:32\textgreek{φίλος μ᾽ἀπόλλυσ᾽οὐχ ἑκοῦσαν οὐχ᾽ ἑκών.}does not produce the output I want. – Alex W. Dec 24 '12 at 10:40