Sophocles 496? BCE-407 BCE creator Csiky, Gergely 1842-1891 text utu 2020 monographic hu 1 online resource : multiple file formats "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.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play) Wikipedia page about this book: https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles) Release date is 2020-02-23 Produced by Albert László from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project Original publication data not identified Tragedies (Drama) Trojan War -- Drama Philoctetes (Mythological character) -- Drama PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61493 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61493 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134422.0 61493