Download or read book Philoctetes written by Sophocles and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The winner of the Festival of Dionysus in 409 BC, 'Philoctetes' describes the attempt by Neoptolemus and Odysseus to bring disabled master archer, Philoctetes, with them to Troy. The play covers several deep, contentious themes, including moral relativity, trauma, love vs. hatred, and friendship vs. enmity.