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Troy (Turkey) (search for this): card 86
falsehood yields deliverance. Neoptolemus And with what expression on his face will anyone dare mouth those lies? Odysseus When what you do promises gain, it is wrong to shrink back. Neoptolemus And what gain is it for me that he should come to Troy? Odysseus His arrows alone will capture Troy. Neoptolemus Then I am not to be the conqueror, as you said? Odysseus Neither will you be without them, nor they without you. Neoptolemus It would seem, then, that we must track them down, if thingsTroy. Neoptolemus Then I am not to be the conqueror, as you said? Odysseus Neither will you be without them, nor they without you. Neoptolemus It would seem, then, that we must track them down, if things stand as you say. Odysseus Know that by doing this task, you win two rewards. Neoptolemus What are they? If I knew, I would not refuse the deed. Odysseus You will be celebrated in the same breath as clever and as noble. Neoptolemus So be it! I will do it, and cast off all shame. Odysseus Do you remember, then, the story that I recommended? Neoptolemus Be sure of it, since once and for all I have consented.
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Neoptolemus I abhor acting on advice, son of Laertes, which causes pain in the hearing. It is not in my nature to achieve anything by means of evil cunning, nor was it, as I hear, in my father's.But I am ready to take the man by force and without treachery, since with the use of one foot only, he will not overcome so many of us in a struggle. And yet I was sent to assist you and am reluctant to be called traitor. Still I prefer, my king,to fail when doing what is honorable than to be victorious in a dishonorable manner. Odysseus Son of a father so noble, I, too, in my youth once had a slow tongue and an active hand. But now that I have come forth to the test, I see that the tongue, not action, is what masters everything among men. Neoptolemus What, then, are your orders—apart from my lying? Odysseus I command you to take Philoctetes by deceit. Neoptolemus And why by deceit rather than by persuasion? Odysseus He will never listen; and by force you cannot take him. Neoptole