Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Spy: I know not that; you have what I could learn.

Neoptolemus: And did the' Atreidae send them?

Spy: Sent they are,
And will be with you soon.

Neoptolemus: But wherefore then
Came not Ulysses? Did his courage fail?

Spy: He, ere I left the camp, with Diomede
On some important embassy sailed forth
In search-

Neoptolemus: Of whom?

Spy: There was a man- but stay,
Who is thy friend here, tell me, but speak softly.

Neoptolemus: (whispering to him) The famous Philoctetes.

Spy: Ha! begone then!
Ask me no more- away, immediately!

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