The deceiver in the play (409 B.C.) is not Odysseus but Neoptolemus, and Sophocles’ portrayal of the decent Philoctetes’ helplessness can be seen in the context of the poet’s criticism of the regime of the 400 (Arist. Rh. 1419).
Stored copy: cc-by · source https://grbs.library.duke.edu/index.php/grbs/article/download/9891/4441. Open access only — a takedown request can remove the copy without touching this record.