Bibliography.Philoctetes


 



Philoctetes. Drawing from Etruscan urn. Philoctetes, Diomedes,
and Odysseus. Paris and Trojans on right. The Trojans are trying to solicit
Philoctetes, while Odysseus and Diomedes anxiously listen behind Philoctetes’
back. This is probably an illustration from Euripides’ Philoctetes, which
Dio Chrysostom (40-120 CE) imitates in his Discourses. The Trojans sought
to bribe Philoctetes not to fight them;. He is dressed in wild animal skins.
In Euripides’ version, Odysseus enters the cave with Philoctetes and accepts
modest hospitality, seeing his bow, wound wrappings polluted with the filth
and tokens of his malady. The Trojans appear while Odysseus is in the cave.
Odysseus, inside, overhears the Trojans outside trying to bribe Philoctetes.
Odysseus comes out and convinces Philoctetes to reject the offer. The Trojans
leave. Actor, the Lemnian who usually helps Philoctetes, then enters. When
the pain hits Phil., Odysseus gives the bow to Diomedes, who takes it away.
Odysseus confronts Phil, who eventually is persuaded to go to Troy. All
is ratified by Athena or another divine character.



Some Recent Articles on Philoctetes. With Links.


 


Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Odyssey 9: Odysseus vs. the
Cave Man.


Daniel B. Levine


Scholia Vol. 12 (2003) 3-26.


Stable URL: http://www.otago.ac.nz/classics/scholiagfx/v12p003.html


 


Sophocles’ Philoctetes and the Teachings of the Sophists


Peter W. Rose


Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 80. (1976), pp. 49-105.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0073-0688%281976%2980%3C49%3ASPATTO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R


 


One Ship or Two at Lemnos?


Harry C. Avery


Classical Philology, Vol. 97, No. 1. (Jan., 2002), pp. 1-20.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0009-837X%28200201%2997%3A1%3C1%3AOSOTAL%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q


 


Telemachus Transformed? The Origins of Neoptolemus in Sophocles’ ‘Philoctetes’


Mary Whitby


Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 43, No. 1. (Apr., 1996), pp.
31-42.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0017-3835%28199604%292%3A43%3A1%3C31%3ATTTOON%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W


 


Different Stories: Sophoclean Narrative(s) in the Philoctetes


Deborah H. Roberts


Transactions of the American Philological Association (1974-),
Vol. 119. (1989), pp. 161-176.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0360-5949%281989%29119%3C161%3ADSSNIT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B


 


Sophocles’ Philoctetes and the Homeric Embassy


Charles Rowan Beye


Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association,
Vol. 101. (1970), pp. 63-75.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0065-9711%281970%29101%3C63%3ASPATHE%3E2.0.CO%3B2-E


 


Sight, Sound, and Rhetoric: Philoctetes 29ff.


Eva Inoue


The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 100, No. 2. (Summer, 1979),
pp. 217-227.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%28197922%29100%3A2%3C217%3ASSARP2%3E2.0.CO%3B2-K


 


Bow, Oracle, and Epiphany in Sophocles’ ‘Philoctetes’


Christopher Gill


Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 27, No. 2. (Oct., 1980), pp.
137-146.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0017-3835%28198010%292%3A27%3A2%3C137%3ABOAEIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z


 


The ‘Phusis’ of Neoptolemus in Sophocles’ ‘Philoctetes’


Mary Whitlock Blundell


Greece & Rome, 2nd Ser., Vol. 35, No. 2. (Oct., 1988), pp.
137-148.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0017-3835%28198810%292%3A35%3A2%3C137%3AT%27ONIS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q


 


Neoptolemos’ Story in the Philoctetes


Richard Hamilton


The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 96, No. 2. (Summer, 1975),
pp. 131-137.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%28197522%2996%3A2%3C131%3ANSITP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7


 


Sophocles and the Cult of Philoctetes (in Notes)


S. J. Harrison


The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 109. (1989), pp. 173-175.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269%281989%29109%3C173%3ASATCOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R


 


The Name of Philoctetes: Philoctetes 670-73 (in Interpretations)


James Daly


The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 103, No. 4. (Winter, 1982),
pp. 440-442.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-9475%28198224%29103%3A4%3C440%3ATNOPP6%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7


 


Therapeutic Touch and Sophokles’ Philoktetes


Jennifer Clarke Kosak


Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 99. (1999), pp. 93-134.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0073-0688%281999%2999%3C93%3ATTASP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A


 


Neoptolemus and the Bow: Ritual thea and Theatrical Vision in Sophocles’
Philoctetes
(in Notes)


Ismene Lada-Richards


The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 117. (1997), pp. 179-183.


Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0075-4269%281997%29117%3C179%3ANATBRT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C