PHILOKTETES
It saddens me. But the son of Tydeus, and Odysseus, whom Sisyphos, I have heard, sold to Laertes, they who merited death are still alive.
NEOPTOLEMOS
You are right, of course. They are flourishing.
They live in high glory among the Greeks.
PHILOKTETES
And my old friend, that honest man, Nestor of Pylos?
Does he still live?
He used to contain their evil with his wise counsel.
NEOPTOLEMOS
Nestor has fallen on evil times.
His son, Antilochos, who was with him, is dead.
PHILOKTETES
O! You have told me of two deaths that hurt me most. What can I hope for, now that Ajax and Antilochos are dead and in the ground, while Odysseus walks, while he should be the one who is dead?