Bow of Heracles
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in the texts
Philoctetes
Heracles' bow and arrows are Philoctetes' divine weapon, his means of survival, and the indispensable instrument for Troy's capture.
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Orations
The bow belonging to Heracles, inherited by Philoctetes, whose possession is necessary for the fall of Troy.
at any rate Philoctetes was being deprived of his arms by Odysseus, and was himself being carried off to Troy, for the most part willingly, but in part also through a compulsory persuasion, since he had been robbed of the weapons which afforded him, on the one hand, his livelihood on the island, and, on the other, courage amid such a disease, and at the same time good repute.