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Philoctetes was Heracles ' friend, and because he lit Heracles's funeral pyre when no one else would, he received Heracles ' bow and arrows.

He sailed with seven ships full of men to the Trojan War, where he was planning on fighting for the Achaeans.

They stopped either at Chryse Island for supplies, or in Tenedos, along with the rest of the fleet.

Philoctetes was then bitten by a snake.

The wound festered and had a foul smell ; on Odysseus's advice, the Atreidae ordered Philoctetes to stay on Lemnos.

Medon took control of Philoctetes's men.

While landing on Tenedos, Achilles killed king Tenes, son of Apollo, despite a warning by his mother that if he did so he would be killed himself by Apollo.

From Tenedos, Agamemnon sent an embassy to Priam, composed of Menelaus, Odysseus, and Palamedes, asking for Helen's return.

The embassy was refused.