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Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1291-1307


nanThe deed will soon make it plain. Come, stretch out your right hand and be master of your bow! As he hands the bow and arrows to Philoctetes, Odysseus suddenly appears. Odysseu


nanThe deed will soon make it plain. Come, stretch out your right hand and be master of your bow! As he hands the bow and arrows to Philoctetes, Odysseus suddenly appears. Odysseu


nanBut I forbid it, as the gods are my witnesses, in the name of the Atreids and the entire army! Philoctete


nanBut I forbid it, as the gods are my witnesses, in the name of the Atreids and the entire army! Philoctete


nanSon, whose voice was that? Do I hear Odysseus? Odysseu


nanSon, whose voice was that? Do I hear Odysseus? Odysseu


nanSon, whose voice was that? Do I hear Odysseus? Odysseu


nanSon, whose voice was that? Do I hear Odysseus? Odysseu


nanBut it will bring you no joy, if this arrow fly straight. Odysseus flees from the stage. Neoptolemu


nanPHILOCTETES: In the name of the gods, dear lad, let go. NEOPTOLEMUS [continuing to restrain Philoctetes] No, I won't. PHILOCTETES: Alas! Why did you spoil my chance to use this bow of mine to kill that enemy I hate? NEOPTOLEMUS: That would mean disaster for both of us, for you and me. PHILOCTETES: You should know the army's leaders, lying spokesmen for the Greeks, though bold in speech, are cowards in a fight. NEOPTOLEMUS: That may be true. But now you have the bow, you have no reason to be angry with me or complain about my conduct. PHILOCTETES: I agree. My lad, you've shown the family lineage you sprang from. Your father was not Sisyphus. No, you come from Achilles, who, in his life, had the finest reputation of them all, just as he now has among the dead. NEOPTOLEMUS: I'm pleased to hear you praise my father and me, as well. But pay attention now to what I'd like from you. Men must endure those fortunes given to them by the gods. But when they insist on injuring themselves, the way you're doing now, then it's not right to pity or excuse them. You've become


nanWait—by the gods, no! Do not let it fly! Philoctete


nanLet go of me, in the name of the gods, dear boy! Neoptolemu


nanLet go of me, in the name of the gods, dear boy! Neoptolemu


nanLet go of me, in the name of the gods, dear boy! Neoptolemu


nanIt would have been honorable neither for me, nor for you. Philoctete


nanWell, you may be sure of one thing, at least: the army’s chiefs, the lying heralds of the Greeks, though bold with words, are cowards in the fight. Neoptolemu


nanWell, you may be sure of one thing, at least: the army’s chiefs, the lying heralds of the Greeks, though bold with words, are cowards in the fight. Neoptolemu


nanWell, you may be sure of one thing, at least: the army’s chiefs, the lying heralds of the Greeks, though bold with words, are cowards in the fight. Neoptolemu


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1. Sophocles, Antigone, 531-581, 883-884, 935-936, 523 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

2. Sophocles, Philoctetes, 1013-1037, 1049, 1054-1062, 108, 1116-1117, 1140-1145, 1155-1157, 1165-1167, 1181-1182, 120, 1222-1290, 1292-1451, 257, 343-347, 356-358, 381, 779-781, 86-89, 896-899, 90, 900-909, 91, 910-919, 92, 920-926, 93, 930-932, 94, 942, 946-947, 95, 952-958, 100 (5th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ajax Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 152
ajax (sophocles), actors in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
anger, of philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
antigone (sophocles), actors in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
burial, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208
communication, between actors Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
creon, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208
deinos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
dialogue, between characters Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
diomedes Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
directions, stage Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 209
episodes, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
exodos, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
flute (aulos) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 534
hyllus, oath with, oaths sworn by Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
ismene, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208
lichas (trachiniae) Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
mechane/mechanè Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 534
neoptolemus, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
odysseus, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
odysseus Markantonatos, Brill's Companion to Sophocles (2012) 152
philoctetes, role of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
philoctetes Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
philoctetes (sophocles), actors in Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534
pledges and oaths, in sophocles' Sommerstein and Torrance, Oaths and Swearing in Ancient Greece (2014) 97
silence, use of Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 208, 209
sons, of achilles Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
sophos Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 730
stasima, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533
structure, of philoctetes (sophocles) Jouanna, Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context (2018) 533, 534