PHILOCTETES


Meaning of PHILOCTETES in English

/fil'euhk tee"teez/ , n.

1. Class. Myth. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.

2. ( italics ) a tragedy (408? B.C.) by Sophocles.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .