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The Philoctetes of Sophocles

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A Greek tragic play centers on a veteran abandoned on a desolate island after suffering a festering, odorous wound, whose removal from the army creates moral and strategic dilemmas. Leaders send a cunning envoy and a young, honorable warrior to retrieve him because he possesses indispensable arms needed for victory. The drama follows attempts at persuasion and deception, the younger man's crisis between obedience and integrity, and the wounded man's prolonged suffering and resentment. A chorus and a divine intervention heighten the ethical questions, and the resolution negotiates compassion, duty, and the harsh necessities imposed by war.

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Title: The Philoctetes of Sophocles

Author: Sophocles

Translator: Thomas Sheridan

Release date: December 26, 2025 [eBook #77548]

Language: English

Original publication: Dublin: Printed by J. Hyde and E. Dobson for R. Owen, 1725

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THE
PHILOCTETES
OF
SOPHOCLES.

Translated from the GREEK.
Graiis ingenium, Graiis dedit ore rotundo
Musa loqui, præter laudem nullius avaris.
Hor.
DUBLIN:
Printed by J. Hyde and E. Dobson, for R. Owen
Bookseller in Skinner-Row. M.DCC.XXV.