Sophocles 496? BCE-407 BCE creator McNamee, Gregory 1957- text utu 1997 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Philoktetes" by Sophocles is a tragedy first performed in 409 BC. The play unfolds during the final year of the Trojan War, when the Greeks learn they need the master archer Philoctetes and his legendary bow to win. Abandoned on a desolate island years earlier after a snake bite, Philoctetes bitterly hates those who left him. Now Odysseus and young Neoptolemus must retrieve him through deception, forcing questions about honor, duty, and the conflict between individual suffering and collective need. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play) Release date is 1997-02-01 Original publication data not identified Tragedies (Drama) Trojan War -- Drama Philoctetes (Mythological character) -- Drama PA Original publication data not identified 86073196 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/806 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/806 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133036.0 806