Philoctetes, bitten by a snake, was abandoned by his companions on the island of lemnos because of the putrid odor exhaled from his wound. He stayed there for ten years, feeding on the birds he hunted with the bow of hercules. Object Type: painting. Date: 1822. Dimensions: 69.5 × 119 cm (27.3 × 46.8 in). Medium: oil on canvas. Collection: Fabre museum. Michallon-Philoctète
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