In Hades; he dwells in the sunlight no more. Ah, my city, city of my fathers! I crave to see you, unhappy man that I truly amfor leaving your sacred stream and going to help the Danaans, my enemies! I am nothing now, nothing anymore!Exit Philoctetes into the cave.

ChorusLong ago I would have left you to go to my ship, had I not seenOdysseus approaching, and the son of Achilles, too, coming here for us.