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Philoctetes
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Philoctetes, or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea in Thessaly, and Demonassa or Methone. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in
Philoctetes at Lemnos, on an Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 420 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Philoctetes at Lemnos, on an Attic red-figure lekythos, ca. 420 BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The isolation of Philoctetes on Lemnos, as painted by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond (1818)
The isolation of Philoctetes on Lemnos, as painted by Jean-Charles-Joseph Rémond (1818)
Philoctetes wearing a pilos cap on a bronze coin of Homolium, with a coiled serpent on the reverse (350 BC)
Philoctetes wearing a pilos cap on a bronze coin of Homolium, with a coiled serpent on the reverse (350 BC)
Philoctetes hunting for sustenance on Lemnos, oil painting by Pierre Cabanel (1838–1918)
Philoctetes hunting for sustenance on Lemnos, oil painting by Pierre Cabanel (1838–1918)
Heracles
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Heracles, born Alcaeus or Alcides, was a divine hero in Greek mythology, the son of Zeus and Alcmene, and the foster son of Amphitryon. He was a descendant of Perseus, another son of Zeus.
Philoctetes
…sensible, accurate archer, magnanimous". Philoctetes was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea in Thessaly. He came into possession of the bow and arrows of Heracles after assisting the hero in ending the agony of the shirt of Nessus—Philoctetes, or in some versions his father, lit the pyre on which Heracles immolated…
One of the most famous depictions of Heracles, Farnese Hercules, Roman marble statue on the basis of an original by Lysippos, 216 CE. National Archaeo
One of the most famous depictions of Heracles, Farnese Hercules, Roman marble statue on the basis of an original by Lysippos, 216 CE. National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy
Heracles carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Antique fresco from Pompeii
Heracles carrying his son Hyllus looks at the centaur Nessus, who is about to carry Deianira across the river on his back. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
Greek mythology influenced the Etruscans. This vase at Caere shows King Eurytus of Oechalia and Heracles in a symposium. Krater of corinthian columns
Greek mythology influenced the Etruscans. This vase at Caere shows King Eurytus of Oechalia and Heracles in a symposium. Krater of corinthian columns called 'Krater of Eurytion', c. 600 BCE
Heracles strangling snakes (detail from an Attic red-figured stamnos, c. 480–470 BCE)
Heracles strangling snakes (detail from an Attic red-figured stamnos, c. 480–470 BCE)