# Philoctetes — Philoctetes character guide

> Philoctetes in Philoctetes by Sophocles.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Philoctetes Heracles, Philoctetes Son of Achilles, Philoctetes O wondrous weird, Philoctetes Never

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

## Who they are

Greek hero abandoned on Lemnos with Heracles' bow, central to the play's conflict.

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