Philoctetes

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ancient Greek tragedy play

Philoctetes is a tragedy by the ancient Greek playwright Sophocles that dramatizes the moral and emotional conflicts surrounding the marooned archer Philoctetes during the Trojan War.

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Label Occurrences
Philoctetes canonical 12

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tragedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
approximateDateOfFirstPerformance 409 BC ⓘ
author Sophocles ⓘ
basedOnCharacterFrom Greek mythology ⓘ
centralTheme deception and honesty ⓘ
duty versus compassion ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
suffering and isolation ⓘ
culturalOrigin ancient Greece ⓘ
dramaticDevice deus ex machina appearance of Heracles ⓘ
dramaticForm chorus of Greek sailors ⓘ
dramaticStructure episodes ⓘ
exodos ⓘ
prologue ⓘ
stasima ⓘ
exploresConcept heroism ⓘ
political expediency ⓘ
trust and betrayal ⓘ
featuresMythologicalFigure Heracles ⓘ
featuresObject bow of Heracles ⓘ
firstPerformanceEvent City Dionysia ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Athens ⓘ
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasCharacter Chorus of Salaminian sailors ⓘ
surface form: Chorus of sailors

Heracles ⓘ
Neoptolemus ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
Philoctetes self-link ⓘ
influenced later interpretations of the Philoctetes myth ⓘ
literaryPeriod Classical Athens ⓘ
literaryTradition Greek tragedy ⓘ
surface form: Attic tragedy
mainCharacter Neoptolemus ⓘ
Odysseus ⓘ
Philoctetes self-link ⓘ
mythologicalCycle Trojan War ⓘ
surface form: Trojan War cycle
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
originalMedium theatrical performance ⓘ
partOf corpus of Sophoclean tragedies ⓘ
plotFocus attempt to bring Philoctetes to Troy ⓘ
marooning of Philoctetes on Lemnos ⓘ
setting Trojan War ⓘ
settingLocation Lemnos ⓘ
surface form: island of Lemnos
studiedIn classical literature ⓘ
ethics and philosophy ⓘ
theatre studies ⓘ
survivingStatus extant complete play by Sophocles ⓘ
textualForm verse drama ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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Sophocles → notableWork → Philoctetes ⓘ
Trojan War → relatedWork → Philoctetes ⓘ
Philoctetes (Sophocles) → title → Philoctetes ⓘ
Philoctetes (Sophocles) → mainCharacter → Philoctetes ⓘ
Paris → killedBy → Philoctetes ⓘ
Little Iliad → featuresCharacter → Philoctetes ⓘ
Posthomerica → featuresCharacter → Philoctetes ⓘ
Philoctetes → mainCharacter → Philoctetes self-link ⓘ
Philoctetes → hasCharacter → Philoctetes self-link ⓘ
Hercules Oetaeus → character → Philoctetes ⓘ
Olizon → associatedWith → Philoctetes ⓘ
Olizon → ruledBy → Philoctetes ⓘ