Year: 1971
Type: article
Abstract: The deceiver in the play (409 B.C.) is not Odysseus but Neoptolemus, and Sophocles’ portrayal of the decent Philoctetes’ helplessness can be seen in the context of the poet’s criticism of the regime of the 400 (Arist. Rh. 1419).
Author: William Μ. Calder
Language: English
Topic: Classical Antiquity Studies
Subfield: Anthropology
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1501884704
