This commentary challenges interpretations of Philoctetes' affliction as female, uncovering gender implications.
Although Sophocles’ Philoctetes many times over refers to Philoctetes’ affliction with a feminine noun, ἡ νόσος, Seth Schein’s recent commentary on the play is mistaken to refer to it as “female”.
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