Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. Stop, then, and take courage; this visitor comes sharply, but goes quickly. Yet, I beg you, do not leave me alone.
Neoptolemus
  1. Take heart, we will remain.
Philoctetes
  1. Will you?
Neoptolemus
  1. Be sure of it.
Philoctetes
  1. Indeed, I do not think it right to put you under oath.
Neoptolemus
  1. Rest assured; it is not lawful for me to leave without you.
Philoctetes
  1. Give me your hand in pledge!
Neoptolemus
  1. I give it—to stay.
Philoctetes
  1. Now take me there, over there!
Neoptolemus
  1. Where do you mean?
Philoctetes
  1. Up there!