Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Page 69

Neoptolemus: I have done a wrong,
And I will try to make atonement for it.

Ulysses: Dost thou not fear the power of Greece?

Neoptolemus: I fear
Nor Greece nor thee, when I am doing right.

Ulysses: 'Tis not with Troy then we contend. but thee-

Neoptolemus: I know not that.

Ulysses: Seest thou this hand? behold,
It grasps my sword.

Neoptolemus: Mine is alike prepared,
Nor seeks delay.

Ulysses: But I will let thee go;
Greece shall know all thy guilt, and shall revenge it. (Ulysses departs.)

Neoptolemus: 'Twas well determined; always be as wise
As now thou art, and thou mayst live in safety. (He approaches the
cave and calls.) Ho! son of Poeas! Philoctetes, leave
Thy rocky habitation, and come forth.

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