Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

Sophocles Bilingual Anthology  Studies  Sophocles in Print

82 Pages

Page 18

Leader of the Chorus: O, son of Poeas! well might those, who came

And saw thee thus, in kind compassion weep;
I too must pity thee- I can no more.

Neoptolemus: I can bear witness to thee, for I know
By sad experience what th' Atreidae are,
And what Ulysses.

Philoctetes: Hast thou suffered then?
And dost thou hate them too?

Neoptolemus: Oh! that these hands
Could vindicate my wrongs! Mycenae then
And Sparta should confess that Scyros boasts
Of sons as brave and valiant as their own.

Philoctetes: O noble youth! But wherefore cam'st thou hither?

Whence this resentment?

Neoptolemus: I will tell thee all,
If I can bear to tell it. Know then, soon
As great Achilles died-

Previous Page / First / Next Page of Philoctetes

Sophocles Home Page ||| Elpenor's Free Greek Lessons
Aeschylus ||| Euripides

Reference address : https://ellopos.net/elpenor/greek-texts/ancient-greece/sophocles/philoctetes.asp?pg=18