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“The humanist has four leading characteristics—curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and a belief in the human race—and all four are present in Gide. . . . The humanist of our age.” —E. M. ForsterA Penguin ClassicIn The Immoralist, André Gide presents the confessional account of a man seekin ... Read More about The Immoralist

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Gide, in this first English translation, defended a poet named Oscar Wilde when other poets threatened to wreck Wilde's life and attempted to show that Wilde was an honorable man. Gide's personal sketches are presented in this book that are in original form. This work was written during the prime of ... Read More about Oscar Wilde: A Biography

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Ce roman succ de aux Nourritures terrestres et, bien des gards, il illustre, par le biais de la fiction, les principes de l'ouvrage pr c dent. Le personnage de M nalque est d'ailleurs pr sent dans les deux oeuvres et y joue le m me r le d'initiateur. L'Immoralist

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Philoctetes and the Fall of Troy: Plays, Documents, Iconography, Interpretations Including Versions by Sophocles, Andre Gide, Oscar Mandel, and Heiner Muller

January 29, 2022

The story of Philoctetes was retold by all three of the great Greek playwrights, though only Sophocles’ play survives. The attraction of the story is easy to understand. It weaves ideas of personal vengeance, duty, and honesty into a complex knot of drama.

Mandel provides an interesting history of the story of Philoctetes – its earliest sources and how it grew and changed. Even the Greek playwrights had different takes on the story and what it meant. In addition to the history, Mandel also includes Sophocles play, as well variations by Gide, Muller, and himself.

To me, it seems that the play should pivot on Philoctetes being persuaded to give up his grudge and joining the Argive warriors. The build-up should be to that point where he lets go of the anger so that he can move on with the rest of this life. What argument wins him over?

SPOILER ALERT (As if you didn’t know how the Greek and Trojan War end

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Philoctetes

Greek mythological hero

This article is about the mythological figure. For the play by Sophocles, see Philoctetes (Sophocles play).

Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: ΦιλοκτήτηςPhiloktētēs; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, -tet-^[1]), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea in Thessaly, and Demonassa^[2] or Methone.^[3] He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War.

Philoctetes was the subject of four different plays of ancient Greece, each written by one of the three major Greek tragedians. Of the four plays, Sophocles' Philoctetes is the only one that has survived. Sophocles' Philoctetes at Troy, Aeschylus' Philoctetes and Euripides' Philoctetes have all been lost, with the exception of some fragments. Philoctetes is also mentioned in Homer's Iliad, Book 2, which describes his exile on the island of Lemnos, his being wounded by snake-bite, and his eventual recall by the Greeks. The recall of Philoctetes is told in the l