PHILOCTETES.
PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.
| Odysseus. |
| Neoptolemus. |
| Philoctetes. |
| Merchant (a follower of Neoptolemus in disguise). |
| Heracles. |
| Chorus of Sailors belonging to the ship of Neoptolemus. |
Scene: On the north-east coast of Lemnos, near the promontory of Mount Hermaeum. A rocky cliff rises steeply from the sea-shore (cp. 1000 ff.): in it is seen the cave of Philoctetes.
