Philoctetes
Sophocles
Sophocles the plays and fragments, Part 4: The Philoctetes. Jebb, Richard Claverhouse, Sir, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1898.
- There, sir, before your eyes is the renowned Philoctetes.
- Then do not question me further, but get yourself out of here as quickly as possible and sail away.
- What is he saying, boy? Why does the sailor traffic with you about me in these dark whispers?
- His meaning yet eludes me. But, whatever he will say, he must say openly—to you, me and my men here.