Philoctetes

Family: mythological · Role: Greek hero · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 22

At Lemnos, Diomede took away Philoctetes’ bow. Later, Philoctetes killed Admetus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Diomede took away Philoctetes’ bow in Lemnos.(Book 1 · Chapter 22 · 📍 Lemnos)
  • With: Diomede
  • “Diomede and Odysseus, the one taking away Philoctetes’ bow in Lemnos”
• Admetus was killed by Philoctetes.(Book 10 · Chapter 27)
  • With: Admetus
  • “and Admetus by Philoctetes.”

Book 1 · Chapter 22

• with Diomede (Diomede takes Philoctetes' bow.) “are Diomede and Odysseus, the one taking away Philoctetes’ bow in Lemnos, the other taking the Palladium from Ilium.”

Book 5 · Chapter 13

• with Pelops (Philoctetes was sent for in connection with obtaining Pelops's shoulder-blade.) “So they sent it is said for Philoctetes to the camp, and the shoulder-blade of Pelops was brought from Pisa.”

Book 8 · Chapter 8

• with Homer (Homer describes Philoctetes in the Catalogue of the Ships.) “For when in the Catalogue of the Ships Homer describes the Greeks leaving Philoctetes behind in Lemnos suffering from his ulcer”

Book 10 · Chapter 27

• with Admetus (Philoctetes killed Admetus.) “and Admetus by Philoctetes.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.