Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. What would you ask?
Philoctetes
  1. A sword, if you can find one, or an axe, or any weapon—
  2. please, pass it to me!
Chorus
  1. That you may execute what scheme?