num_pages: 160
description: This is an English translation of Sophocles’ tragedy of Philoctetes, an archer who had been abandoned on Lemnos by the rest of the Greek fleet while on the way to Troy. Focus Classical Library provides close translations with notes and essays to provide access to understanding Greek culture.
language: English
title: Sophocles: Philoktetes
titlecomplete: Sophocles: Philoktetes (Focus Classical Library)
characters: Philoctetes, Neoptolemus, Heracles, Odysseus
genres: Literature, Classics, School, Mythology, Drama, Ancient, Tragedy, Plays, Fiction, Theatre
ratings_count: 4169
publisher: Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co.