Philoktetes by Sophocles
"Philoktetes" by Sophocles is a tragedy performed in Athens in 409 BCE. The play tells the story of the Greek hero Philoctetes, abandoned on the island of Lemnos for ten years due to a festering wound. When the Greeks learn they cannot conquer Troy without Heracles' bow and arrows—now possessed by Philoctetes—Odysseus and young Neoptolemus must retrieve them. What follows is a moral dilemma between heroic virtue and political necessity, as deception
clashes with honor on a desolate shore. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sophocles, 496? BCE-407 BCE |
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| Translator | Csiky, Gergely, 1842-1891 |
| Title | Philoktetes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play) Wikipedia page about this book: la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles) |
| Credits |
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| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 67.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | Hungarian |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Tragedies (Drama) |
| Subject | Trojan War -- Drama |
| Subject | Philoctetes (Mythological character) -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 61493 |
| Release Date | Feb 23, 2020 |
| Most Recently Updated | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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