Philoctetes

Sophocles

Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 4: The Philoctetes. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898.

  1. And with what expression on his face will anyone dare mouth those lies?
Odysseus
  1. When what you do promises gain, it is wrong to shrink back.
Neoptolemus
  1. And what gain is it for me that he should come to Troy?
Odysseus
  1. His arrows alone will capture Troy.