# The Philoctetes of Sophocles

Author: Sophocles, 496? BCE-407 BCE; Sheridan, Thomas, 1687-1738 [Translator]

Genre: Tragedies (Drama)

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77548

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Philoctetes+of+Sophocles+Sophocles&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_Ul._ Now are we landed on the [1]_Lemnian_ Coast, Encompass’d by the Ocean’s rolling Waves, Where not a Print of human Foot is seen, Nor House, nor Hut; where, _Neoptolemus_, Thou blooming Branch of the renown’d _Achilles_, I left expos’d the [2]_Melian_ Son of _Pæan_. Our Princes thus commanded; I obey’d, Because a dreadful, nauseous, ranckling Wound Eat thro’ his Foot, and made him rend the Skies With Shrieks, and loud Laments, which much disturb’d The Army; no Religious Rites cou’d be Perform’d in Peace; of which I’ll say no more; For Time contracts my Tale, and Dread of him, Lest he shou’d find me here; and so confound My secret Wiles to apprehend his Person. The rest is thine. With...

## Chapters

- [SCENE IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-philoctetes-of-sophocles-77548/chapters/4/index.md)
- [SCENE I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-philoctetes-of-sophocles-77548/chapters/1/index.md)
- [SCENE III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-philoctetes-of-sophocles-77548/chapters/3/index.md)
- [SCENE II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-philoctetes-of-sophocles-77548/chapters/2/index.md)
- [SCENE V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-philoctetes-of-sophocles-77548/chapters/5/index.md)