Philoctete, having crossed the enclosure of a sacred fence, was struck by a purulent wound which, from now on, made him scream and disturb the sacrifices; after which he was abandoned by his comrades of arms on a deserted island where he has been languishing for many years.
But now he is required by the oracle to conquer Troy with Neoptolem, the son of Achilles. Will he forgive him unforgivable in exchange for the healing and glory promised or will he remain inseparable from his resentment and, therefore, from his evil? Neoptolem, charged with circumcising Philoctee with deceitful speeches, will he go to the end of his treachery? Or will her young righteousness revolt against the role that she is being made to play and, in disregard of the reason of state as laurels that she would be more flexible, will he take the side of the suffering hero, twice betrayed, who trusts her? The tragedy unfolds all in the heart of these two men and involves feelings that seem to be well of all time...