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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) | ''[[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) | ||
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| + | The name [[Philoctetes]] was used as a pseudonym by a critic who wrote some articles for the journal ''[[Scenaria]]'' ''circa'' 1985 (see the ESAT Bibliography[[ESAT Bibliography Peb-Ph]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:37, 16 November 2022
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.
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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)
Philoctetes as pseudonym
The name Philoctetes was used as a pseudonym by a critic who wrote some articles for the journal Scenaria circa 1985 (see the ESAT BibliographyESAT Bibliography Peb-Ph.
