1) Character in the Iliad 2) Mythological Greek archer 3) Play by Aeschylus 4) Play by Euripides 5) Play by Sophocles 6) Trojan War literature
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Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης, Philoctētēs; English pronunciation: z, stressed on the third syllable, -tet-), or Philocthetes, was, according to Greek mythology, the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and was a participant in the Trojan War. He was the subject of at least two plays by Sophocle...
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[Aeschylus] Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης) is a play by the Athenian poet Aeschylus. It was probably first produced during the 470s BCE. It is now lost except for a few fragments. Most of what we know of the plot is from the writings of 1st century orator Dio Chrysostom, who compared the Philoctetes plays of Aeschylus, Euripides and Sop...
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[Sophocles] a spy Philoctetes (Φιλοκτήτης, Philoktētēs; English pronunciation: z, stressed on the third syllable, -tet-) is a play by Sophocles (Aeschylus and Euripides also each wrote a Philoctetes but theirs have not survived). The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It was first performed at the Festival of Dionysu...
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Greek legendary hero who played a decisive part in the final stages of the Trojan War.[1 related articles]
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son of King Poeas of Thessaly and famous archer and hero of the Trojan War. He inherited the bow and arrows of Herakles.
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In Greek mythology, a renowned archer to whom the hero Heracles bequeathed his poisoned arrows, and the slayer of the Trojan prince
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Greek warrior who possessed Hercules' bow and arrows; slew Paris at Troy with poisoned arrow.
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