what is the strange plan of the Greeks that you know.MerchantPursuers are on the way in search of you with a fleet. They are the aged Phoenix and the sons of Theseus.NeoptolemusTo bring me back by force, or through persuasion?MerchantI do not know; but I have come to tell you what I did hear.NeoptolemusAre Phoenix and his comrades really so eager to do this favor for the Atreids?MerchantBe sure that it is being done, and without delay.NeoptolemusThen why was Odysseus not ready to sail on this mission, and bring the message himself? Or did some fear hold him back?MerchantOh, he and the son of Tydeus were readying for pursuit of another man, just as I was leaving port.NeoptolemusWho is this other after whom Odysseus himself was sailing?MerchantThere was a man. . . . But tell me first who that is over there. And whatever you say, do speak quietly.NeoptolemusThere, sir, before your eyes is the renowned Philoctetes.