Philoctetes Hear it!

Philoctetes definition

Phil·oc·tetes (fil′äk tē′tēz′)

noun

Gr. Legend the Greek warrior who kills Paris in the Trojan War with a poisoned arrow given him by Hercules

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.