Les morts de Philoctète
1995; Association of Greek Studies; Volume: 108; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.3406/reg.1995.2658
ISSN2260-8079
Autores Tópico(s)Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
ResumoThis essay intends to analyse the relationship existing between Philoctetes and death in Sophocles' tragedy. It first considers the different kinds of death surrounding the hero during his exile in Lemnos : social death, caused by his exclusion from the community of Greek warriors ; physical death, as a result of both hunger and disease, and the connected opposition between a long and daily death, and an impending one in paroxystic crises. This death, being always present but always delayed, sometimes hoped and sometimes feared, leads us to think about the means of survival in Lemnos, and to exhibit Herakles' bow as the focus of this death/life, disease/cure polarity. We finally examine the possibilities of salvation offered to Philoctetes out of the island, from the hoped coming back home to the necessary going to Troy, as well as the different stages of the hero's revival, as mentionned by Herakles at the end of the tragedy.
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