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Philoctetes (1195-1236)

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by a storm of pain are senseless.
Chorus
Come with us, then, poor man, as we bid you.
Philoctetes
Never, never—of that be certain! Not even if the lord of the fiery lightning comes to wrap me in the blaze of his thunderbolts!
Ilium be damned, and as many of the men before its walls as dared reject this foot of mine! But oh, friends, grant me one wish!
Chorus
What would you ask?
Philoctetes
A sword, if you can find one, or an axe, or any weapon—
please, pass it to me!
Chorus
That you may execute what scheme?
Philoctetes
Mangle all this body, and sever limb from limb with my own hand! Death, death is my thought now!
Chorus
Why, why ever would you—
Philoctetes
I am seeking my father—
Chorus
In what land?
Philoctetes
In Hades; he dwells in the sunlight no more. Ah, my city, city of my fathers! I crave to see you, unhappy man that I truly am
for leaving your sacred stream and going to help the Danaans, my enemies! I am nothing now, nothing anymore! Exit Philoctetes into the cave.
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Chorus
Long ago I would have left you to go to my ship, had I not seen
Odysseus approaching, and the son of Achilles, too, coming here for us.
Enter Neoptolemus and Odysseus.
Odysseus
Will you not tell me why you make this return journey with such eager speed?
Neoptolemus
I come to undo the mistake that I made earlier.
Odysseus
Your words alarm me—what mistake was that?
Neoptolemus
The one I made when I obeyed you and all the army.
Odysseus
What did you do that was unworthy of you?
Neoptolemus
I captured a man by disgraceful deceits and treachery.
Odysseus
What man? Oh! Can you be planning something rash?
Neoptolemus
Rash, no. But to Poeas’ son—
Odysseus
What are you going to do? Suddenly a certain fear comes over me.
Neoptolemus
—From whom I took this bow, back to him—
Odysseus
Zeus! What will you say? Certainly you do not intend to give it back?
Neoptolemus
Yes, I do, because disgracefully and unjustly I got hold of it.
Odysseus
In the name of the gods, are you saying this to mock me?
Neoptolemus
If it is mockery to speak the truth.

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