Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Neoptolemus: Art thou then fixed?

Philoctetes: I am;
It is impossible to say how firmly.

Neoptolemus: I thought I could have moved thee, but I've done.

Philoctetes: 'Tis well thou hast; thy labour had been vain;

For never could my soul esteem the man
Who robbed me of my dearest, best possession,
And now would have me listen to his counsels-
Unworthy offspring of the best of men!
Perish th' Atreidae! perish first Ulysses!
Perish thyself!

Neoptolemus: Withhold thy imprecations,
And take thy arrows back.

Philoctetes: A second time
Wouldst thou deceive me?

Neoptolemus: By th' almighty power
Of sacred Jove I swear.

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