Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. Mangle all this body, and sever limb from limb with my own hand! Death, death is my thought now!
Chorus
  1. Why, why ever would you—
Philoctetes
  1. I am seeking my father—
Chorus
  1. In what land?