Sophocle, Philoctete
edited by Alphonse Dain, translated by Paul Mazon, introduction by Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat
Archer legendaire, heritier de l’arc d’Heracles, dont les fleches sont invincibles, Philoctete croupit sur l’ile de Lemnos, ou ses compagnons, en route pour Troie, l’ont abandonne, car la gangrene dont il est atteint degage une puanteur insupportable. Or, sans l’arc d’Heracles, la ville de Troie ne pourra tomber. Apres l’avoir trahi une premiere fois, les Grecs, conduits par Ulysse, viennent le persuader, par la ruse, de leur accorder son aide. Les raisons politiques qui amenent Ulysse et Neoptoleme a se souvenir de lui, Philoctete refuse de les entendre: a la Necessite des oppresseurs, il oppose la Necessite des opprimes. Il est l’homme qui sait dire non aux dieux, aux hommes, a la guerison, aux arguties politiques. Apres de quatre-vingt-dix ans, en 409 avant notre ere, Sophocle a compose cette tragedie lyrique et puissante, qui montre les limites de l’heroisme et rappelle la fragilite inherente a la condition humaine.
- By (author) Sophocle
- Introduction by Pierre-Emmanuel Dauzat
- Edited by Alphonse Dain
- Translated by Paul Mazon
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