Philoktetes

When Sophokles produced the Philoktetes in 408 B.C., three years before his death at the age of ninety, the ancient story of the tragic archer, abundantly represented in Greek literature, achieved a dramatic and psychological sophistication of a kind never before seen on the classical stage.

当索福克勒斯在公元前408年创作《菲罗克忒忒斯》时，距离他90岁去世仅三年，这个在希腊文学中被广泛描绘的悲剧弓箭手的故事，在古典舞台上达到了前所未有的戏剧性和心理深度。

Foremost among Sophokles's concerns in the play, one that demanded such thoughtful consideration, is the question of human character and its origins.

在索福克勒斯的戏剧中，首要关注的是人性及其起源的问题，这需要深思熟虑。