Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Page 68

Neoptolemus: Doubt then no more,
For I have told thee all.

Ulysses: There are, remember,
There are who may prevent thee.

Neoptolemus: Who shall dare
To thwart my purpose?

Ulysses: All the Grecian host,
And with them, I.

Neoptolemus: Wise as thou art, Ulysses,
Thou talkst most idly.

Ulysses: Wisdom is not thine
Either in word or deed.

Neoptolemus: Know, to be just
Is better far than to be wise.

Ulysses: But where,
Where is the justice, thus unauthorized,
To give a treasure back thou ow'st to me,
And to my counsels?

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