Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. What is the matter?
Philoctetes
  1. Nothing serious—go on, son.
Neoptolemus
  1. Are you in pain from the disease that frequents you?
Philoctetes
  1. No, indeed no. I think it is better now.—Gods, oh!