The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Philoctetes ( - )
Greek warrior who was abandoned on the way to Troy after receiving a snakebite. However, he possessed Heracles' bow and arrows, without which Troy could not be taken, so he was retrieved and healed. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4995?rskey=6UXVz4&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philoctetes Relationships: Philoctetes was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Hercules / Heracles (-)Philoctetes was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Paris of Troy ([?]-[?])
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Gentle Traveller (Curatorial catalogue) (m) Dark opaque glass, oval convex; Philoctetes , his chlamys over right arm and supported on staff in
right hand, walks to left. L: 10mm. 1st cent. B.C.