When Philoctetes, son of Poeas and Demonassa, was on the island of Lemnos, a snake struck his foot. Juno had sent it, angry with him because he alone rather than the others had dared to build the funeral pyre of Hercules

Hyginus, Fabulae, 102

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Danny DeVito is rumoured to reprise the role of Philoctetes in Disney’s live-action ‘HERCULES’ remake.

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A drawing and a slightly different painting, both entitled PHILOCTETES AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR, by Wisconsin artist Marshall Glasier (1945). The best of American classics-engaged Modernism

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Ya he terminado con el challenge UwU✨
Naru me recomendó este entre otros y me he divertido demasiado haciéndome a mi misma como este puñetero sátiro, Philoctetes.
Ambos tenemos algunas cositas en común. Somos chikitos, gruñones y hornys (??😈🔥

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I definitely see Philoctetes from Hercules as a cross between Xander and Giles

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6/8 In Moon Station 5, re-versions the ancient story of the Greek warrior Philoctetes, placing it in the far-future rather than the ancient past.

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"Hercules Burning Himself on the Pyre in the Presence of His Friend Philoctetes" (1782).
Art by Russian painter Ivan Akimovich Akimov

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