# Zeus — Philoctetes character guide

> Zeus in Philoctetes by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Zeus assail, Zeus

**First appearance:** 0002-philoctetes

## Who they are

King of the gods, invoked in oaths and prayers by characters.

## Links

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