Philoctetes
by Sophocles
Reading #18 ("Anabasis III", 2025)
Abstract
Neoptolemus tries to convince a wounded Philoctetes and his Herculean bow to return to the Trojan War front.
Bibliographic Data
| Kind | Term |
|---|---|
| authors | Sophocles |
| literary form | drama, play |
| genres | tragedy, tragedy of character, complex tragedy, tragedy of suffering |
| subjects | ethics, friendship, the greater good, war, Trojan War, Hercules, Odysseus, Achilles, Neoptolemus, pride, ends vs the means |
| period | Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE |
| language | Ancient Greek, Attic Greek |
| same as | wikidata | wikipedia |
| keywords & tags | none |
| Index | 55 entries |
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- Achaeans
- Achilles
- Agamemnon
- Ajax
- Antilochus
- Apollo
- Asclepius
- Athena
- Atreus
- Cephallenia
- Chalcodon
- Chryse
- Cronos
- Dardanus
- Diomedes
- Echo
- Euboea
- Hades
- Helenus
- Hephaestus
- Herakles
- Hermes
- Laertes
- Lemnos
- Lycomedes
- Malis
- Menelaus
- Mycenae
- Neoptolemus
- Nestor
- Odysseus
- Oeta
- Olympus
- Pactolus
- Paris
- Patroclus
- Peleus
- Peparethos
- Philoctetes
- Phoenix
- Poeas
- Priam
- Pylos
- Scyros
- Sigeum
- Sisyphus
- Sparta
- Spercheius
- Teucer
- Thersites
- Theseus
- Trachis
- Troy
- Tydeus
- Zeus
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