# Achilles — Philoctetes character guide

> Achilles in Philoctetes by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fate Achilles, Achilles

**First appearance:** 0001-dramatis-personae

## Who they are

Deceased Greek hero, father of Neoptolemus, referenced as a legacy figure.

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