Philoctetes

Sophocles

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

  1. And this is your true intent?
Neoptolemus
  1. A harsh necessity governs these events, so do not be angered at hearing of them.
Philoctetes
  1. I am destroyed—ah, misery!—betrayed! What have you done to me, stranger? Return my bow at once!
Neoptolemus
  1. No, it is not possible. My duty and my interest alike constrain me to obey those in power.