Hercules and the Wagoner
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Hercules and the Wagoner or Hercules and the Carter is a fable credited to Aesop. It is associated with the proverb "God helps those who help themselves", variations on which are found in other ancien
An illustration of the fable by Walter Crane in Baby's Own Aesop (1887)
Philoctetes (Sophocles play)
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Philoctetes is a play by Sophocles. The play was written during the Peloponnesian War. It is one of the seven extant tragedies by Sophocles. It was first performed at the City Dionysia in 409 BC, wher
Philoctetes on Lemnos (Attic red-figure squat lekythos, c. 420 BC
Philoctetes on Lemnos, by Jean-Germain Drouais
Akhilleus Patroklos Antikensammlung Berlin F2278