Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. I am destroyed, boy—I am devoured! Ah, by the gods I beg you, if you have a sword ready to hand, strike at my ankle—cut it off now! Do not spare my life!
  2. Quick, boy, quick!
Neoptolemus
  1. What new thing has come on you so suddenly that you wail for yourself with these loud shrieks?
Philoctetes
  1. You know, son.