I will leave so he doesn't know.html">know I have been here.
if I think you're in trouble I will send him back,
Whatever story he tells you, use it to advantage.
May our guides be Hermes, who instructs us in guile,
who aids me at all times.
What shall I say to Philoktetes? What shall I hide?
and greatest wisdom falls to him who rules
To you, child, this ancient strength has come,
what must be done to serve you well.html">well.
NEOPTOLEMOS
Look now, without any fear:
so take courage.html">courage.
Muster up your courage, and aid me then.
My duty to you is always first in my thoughts.
Now show me the place that he inhabits,
I should know this lest he take me in ambush.
as though by a snake or a scorpion's lair.
Where does he walk?
That is his house.
to find food nearby.
to fuel this wretched way of life.
for his distress, for his loneliness,
he is accursed, always alone,
he wanders, distraught,
How can he withstand such ceaseless misfortune?
O, the violent snares laid out by the gods!
living always on the edge,
He might have been a well-born man.html">man,
Now he has no part of the good life,
among spotted deer and shaggy, wild goats.
He groans in anguish,
poured out from afar,
It is the work of divine Fate,
Savage Chryse set these sufferings on him,
His torments are not random.
so that he cannot bend the invincible bow
and as it is promised, Troy is made to fall.
CHORUS
Be quiet, boy.
NEOPTOLEMOS
What is it?
CHORUS
A clear groan---
Where is it?
a man writhes along his path,
the cry has carried.
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