Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. There, sir, before your eyes is the renowned Philoctetes.
Merchant
  1. Then do not question me further, but get yourself out of here as quickly as possible and sail away.
Philoctetes
  1. What is he saying, boy? Why does the sailor traffic with you about me in these dark whispers?
Neoptolemus
  1. His meaning yet eludes me. But, whatever he will say, he must say openly—to you, me and my men here.