Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  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.