Philoctetes by Sophocles
2014 July 18, 19
Abandoned on the island of Lemnos by his comrades, Philoctetes comes up against them once again 10 years later when they try to trick him out: if they are to conquer Troy, they need the invincible bow Hercules gave him. A tragedy about human pain, abandonment and the association between conscience and politics, honour and duty.
With the Municipal Regional Theatre of Patras & Αρτivities,
Aimilios Heilakis, Konstantinos Markoulakis and Michael Marmarinos.
Direction by Kostas Filippoglou.
The performance is presented in Greek, with English surtitles.