Philoctetes
Sophocles
Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 4: The Philoctetes. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898.
- Think of him as of one who sees the sun’s light no more.
- Oh, no! But the son of Tydeus, and Sisyphus’ offspring that was bought by Laertes—they will not die, since they do not deserve to live!
- No, indeed, be sure of it. On the contrary, they prosper now
- —yes, and greatly—in the Argive army.