Philoctetes
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Scene 1 (Lines 1 – 134) Entry of the Chorus (Lines 135 – 218) Scene 2 (Lines 219 – 675) Choral Song (Lines 676 – 728) Scene 3 (Lines 730 – 1080) Lament (Lines 1081 – 1218) Scene 4 (Lines 1219 – 1407) Closing Scene (Lines 1408 – 1472)
Themes
All Themes Disability and Discrimination Deception, Ethics, and War Suffering and Isolation Decisions, Obligation, and the Greater Good
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Characters
All Characters Philoctetes Neoptolemus Odysseus Heracles Chorus Merchant/Sailor Achilles Poeas Chryse Atreus’s Sons/The Atridae Diomedes Sisyphus Laertes Helenus Paris
Terms
All Terms The Trojan War
Symbols
All Symbols Philoctetes’s Wound  Philoctetes’s Bow and Arrows
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Philoctetes

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Sophocles

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Introduction Intro
Plot Summary Plot
Summary & Analysis
  • Scene 1 (Lines 1 – 134)
  • Entry of the Chorus (Lines 135 – 218)
  • Scene 2 (Lines 219 – 675)
  • Choral Song (Lines 676 – 728)
  • Scene 3 (Lines 730 – 1080)
  • Lament (Lines 1081 – 1218)
  • Scene 4 (Lines 1219 – 1407)
  • Closing Scene (Lines 1408 – 1472)
Themes
  • All Themes
  • Disability and Discrimination Theme Icon
    Disability and Discrimination
  • Deception, Ethics, and War Theme Icon
    Deception, Ethics, and War
  • Suffering and Isolation Theme Icon
    Suffering and Isolation
  • Decisions, Obligation, and the Greater Good Theme Icon
    Decisions, Obligation, and the Greater Good
Quotes
Characters
  • All Characters
  • Philoctetes
  • Neoptolemus
  • Odysseus
  • Heracles
  • Chorus
  • Merchant/Sailor
  • Achilles
  • Poeas
  • Chryse
  • Atreus’s Sons/The Atridae
  • Diomedes
  • Sisyphus
  • Laertes
  • Helenus
  • Paris
Terms
  • All Terms
  • The Trojan War
Symbols
  • All Symbols
  • Philoctetes’s Wound   Symbol Icon
    Philoctetes’s Wound 
  • Philoctetes’s Bow and Arrows  Symbol Icon
    Philoctetes’s Bow and Arrows
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