person
Philoctetes
also: son of Poeas
Son of Poeas who lights Hercules' pyre on Oeta and, as his reward, receives the hero's bow and arrows; he narrates the death scene.
Reading notes
- Hercules on Oeta §1501 son of Poeas
Philoctetes, son of Poeas, who will light the pyre and inherit Hercules' bow.