Philoctetes (Sophocles)

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Φιλοκτήτης (Philoctetes)
by Sophocles

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Φιλοκτήτης (Philoktētēs, Latin: Philoctetes) is a tragedy by Sophocles and was first performed in 409 BCE. The play is set at the end of the Trojan War, and describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes, the master archer, with them to Troy.
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2026535Φιλοκτήτης (Philoctetes) — Sophocles

English-language translations of Φιλοκτήτης include:

Philoctetes, translated by Theodore Alois Buckley (1849)
Philoctetes, translated by E. H. Plumptre (1878)
Philoctetes, translated by Lewis Campbell [1883] (1906)
Philoctetes, translated by Richard Claverhouse Jebb [1904] (1917)
Philoctetes, translated by Francis Storr (1919)

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted.

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Philoctetes (Sophocles)

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