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The Cure At Troy Poem. Today Im remembering in particular The Cure at Troy Heaneys retelling of Sophocles Philoctetes the story of how Odysseus tricked Achilles son. Verses from The Cure at Troy. On the far side of revenge. A hunger-strikers father.
No poem or play or song Can fully right a wrong Inflicted and enduredHistory says. It is set within his poetic drama The Cure at Troy a version of a play by the Greek dramatist Sophocles fifth century BCE and addresses questions of personal morality deceit and political expediency suffering and healing. No poem or play or song. THE CURE OF TROY. Analysis on Philoctetes The character of Philoctetes in Sophocles play is indeed the most morally intricate in all the plays he had written. Faints at the funeral home.
The Cure of Troy.
And cures and healing wells. Can fully right a wrong. It premiered in 409AD. The innocent in gaols. And cures and healing wells. Relatedly Heaneys poem with its suffusion in classical Greek sources as well as the background of the Troubles of Northern Ireland has the kind of tempered hope that feels appropriate to the moment–perhaps even more so–given the challenges ahead.