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Philoctetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War. Philoctetes is also mentioned in Homer's Iliad, Book 2, which describes his exile on the island of Lemnos, his being wounded by snake-bite, and his eventual recall by the Greeks. The recall of Philoctetes is told in the lost epic Little Iliad, where his retrieval was accomplished by Diomedes.…more

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	The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone by Sophocles really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 70,628 ratings — published -450 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jason and the Golden Fleece by Apollonius of Rhodes 3.83 avg rating — 11,346 ratings — published -250 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cure at Troy: A Version of Sophocles' Philoctetes by Seamus Heaney 4.17 avg rating — 1,051 ratings — published 1990 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antigone / The Women of Trachis / Philoctetes / Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles 4.36 avg rating — 141 ratings — published -400 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wound and the Bow: Seven Studies in Literature by Edmund Wilson 3.98 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1941 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature by Ato Quayson 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2021 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars