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Sophocles' PHILOCTETES Complete

Translated by Th. Francklin.

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Persons

Ulysses, King of Ithaca
Neoptolemus, son of Achilles
Philoctetes, son of Poeas and Companion of Hercules
A Spy
Hercules
Chorus, composed of the companions of Ulysses and Neoptolemus


Scene

A lonely region on the shore of Lemnos, before a steep cliff in which is the entrance to Philoctetes' cave. Ulysses, Neoptolemus and an attendant enter.

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