Philoctetes (Sophocles play)
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Philoctetes is a play by Sophocles. The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by Sophocles. It was first performed at the City Dionysia in 409 BC, wher
Philoctetes on Lemnos (Attic red-figure squat lekythos, c. 420 BC
Philoctetes on Lemnos, by Jean-Germain Drouais
Akhilleus Patroklos Antikensammlung Berlin F2278
Paris (mythology)
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Paris, also known as Alexander, is a figure from Greek mythology who appears in the numerous stories about the Trojan War, including the Iliad. He was prince of Troy, son of King Priam and Queen Hecub
Philoctetes (Sophocles play)
…willingly obeys him. The play ends here. When Philoctetes later fights in Troy, his foot is healed, and he wins glory, killing many Trojans (including Paris). The concept of having a moral high ground is a key aspect in this play. The play makes the spectator question what morality means to each person…
The 'Trojan Archer' or 'Paris', from the west pediment of the Temple of Aphaia, ca. 505–500 BC, Munich.
7th-century BC Melian pithamphora depicting the Judgement of Paris, Archaeological Museum of Paros.
Paris receives Hermes who leads Athena, Hera and Aphrodite. Painting on terracotta panels, 560–550 BC
El Juicio de Paris by Enrique Simonet, c. 1904. Paris is studying Aphrodite, who is standing before him naked. The other two goddesses watch nearby.