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CHORUS
I envy you your wisdom and even more your good cheer.

DICAEOPOLIS
What then will you say when you see the thrushes roasting?

CHORUS
Ah! true indeed!

DICAEOPOLIS
Slave! stir up the fire.

CHORUS
See, how he knows his business, what a perfect cook! How well he understands the way to prepare a good dinner!

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    • Sir Richard C. Jebb, Commentary on Sophocles: Philoctetes, 286
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