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''[[Philoctetes]]'' (''[[Φιλοκτήτης]]'') can refer to any of three plays, one each by  Aeschylus, Sophocles ()[] and Euripides ()[]. (However, only the Sophocles text has survived)
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''[[Philoctetes]]'' (''[[Φιλοκτήτης]]'') can refer to any of three ancient Greek plays, one each by  Aeschylus ()[], Sophocles ()[] and Euripides ()[]. (However, only the Sophocles text has survived)
  
 
The name [[Philoctetes]] has also been used as a pseudonym by the author of some articles for   
 
The name [[Philoctetes]] has also been used as a pseudonym by the author of some articles for   

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Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης) can refer to any of three ancient Greek plays, one each by Aeschylus ()[], Sophocles ()[] and Euripides ()[]. (However, only the Sophocles text has survived)

The name Philoctetes has also been used as a pseudonym by the author of some articles for

Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης) by Sophocles ()[]

The original text

The play tells the story of the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes, the master archer, back to Troy from the island of Lemnos during the Trojan war. . The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by Sophocles.

It was first performed at the City Dionysia in 409 BC, where it won first prize.


Translations and adaptations

Translated into Afrikaans as Die Philoktetes ("The Philoctetes") by J.P.J. van Rensburg in 1975.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes_(Sophocles_play)