id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-1498 Philoctetes (Sophocles play) - Wikipedia .html text/html 2095 312 76 Philoctetes (Sophocles play) Wikipedia Philoctetes (Sophocles play) It describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring the disabled Philoctetes, the master archer, back to Troy from the island of Lemnos. Philoctetes left with the Greeks to participate in the Trojan War, but was bitten on the foot by a snake while walking on Chryse, a sacred ground. Odysseus sails back to Lemnos with Neoptolemus (son of Achilles) to get Philoctetes. In 2005 Bryan Doerries, writer and director, began a series of readings of the play in the New York City area, noting the reactions of the audience to the reading, especially related to the reactions of audience members to the interaction of the suffering soldier and the conflicted caregiver. Sophocles's Philoctetes The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles's Philoctetes. Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Theatre of War Readings and Discussion from Philoctetes ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1498.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1498.txt