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Philoctetes

also: son of Poeas, Poeantius heros

Son of Poeas, heir to Hercules' bow; abandoned on Lemnos with a festering snakebite, healed after many years and brought to Troy, where his arrows helped end the war.

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Mentioned in 5 works (10 total)

The Cure for Love poetry · 1 mention
Metamorphoses poetry · 4 mentions
Sorrows poetry · 3 mentions
Ibis poetry · 1 mention
Letters from the Black Sea poetry · 1 mention

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