In Greek mythology, which Trojan prince was killed by Philoctetes?
1869 Philoctetes Schmidt Telescope), and shipped the photographic plates to Cornelis Johannes van Houten and Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld at Leiden Observatory. The trio are credited with several thousand asteroid discoveries. This minor planet was named after the Greek mythological figure Philoctetes, famed archer and participant in the Trojan War, where he killed Paris, son of the Trojan King Priam. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center before November 1977 (). 1869 Philoctetes 1869 Philoctetes (), provisional designation , is a Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 23 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on September 24, 1960,
Philoctetes Philoctetes Philoctetes (Ancient Greek: Φιλοκτήτης "Philoktētēs"; English pronunciation: , stressed on the third syllable, "-tet-"), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of King Poeas of Meliboea in Thessaly. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War. Philoctetes was the subject of four different plays of ancient Greece, each written by one of the three major Greek tragedians. Of the four plays, Sophocles' "Philoctetes" is the only one that has survived. Sophocles' "Philoctetes at Troy", Aeschylus' "Philoctetes" and Euripides' "Philoctetes" have all been lost, with the exception of some fragments.