Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. Yet do not trouble your men, so that they may not suffer from the foul stench before it is necessary. It will be trial enough for them to live on board with me.
Neoptolemus
  1. So be it. Now stand up, and take hold of me.
Philoctetes
  1. Do not worry, my habitual method will help me to my feet.
Neoptolemus
  1. God! What am I to do next?