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Sophoclean Apologia: Philoctetes

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).
Language: English
Subfield: Anthropology
Open Access status: diamond
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