# Odysseus — Philoctetes character guide

> Odysseus in Philoctetes by Sophocles.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Odysseus Entangle Philoctetes, Odysseus To Neoptolemus, Odysseus Wretch, Odysseus Great Zeus, Odysseus Son of Achilles

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

## Who they are

Cunning Greek leader who schemes to retrieve Philoctetes and his bow for Troy.

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