Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Page 76

Neoptolemus: Thou sayst most truly. Yet confide in heaven,

Trust to thy friend, and leave this hated place.

Philoctetes: Leave it! For whom? For Troy and the Atreidae?

These wounds forbid it.

Neoptolemus: They shall all be healed,
Where I will carry thee.

Philoctetes: An idle tale
Thou tellst me. surely; dost thou not?

Neoptolemus: I speak
What best may serve us both.

Philoctetes: But, speaking thus,
Dost thou not fear the' offended gods?

Neoptolemus: Why fear them?
Can I offend the gods by doing good?

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