Poeas
(
*Poi/as), a son of Phylacus or Thaumacus, and husband of Methone, by whom he became the father of Philoctetes (
Hom. Od. 3.190 ; Enstath.
ad Horn. p. 323).
He is mentioned among the Argonauts (
Apollod. 1.9.16; comp.
Pind. P. 1.53), and is said to have killed with an arrow, Talaus, in Crete (
Apollod. 1.9.26).
At the request of Heracles, Poeas kindled the pile on which the hero burnt himself, and was rewarded with the arrows of Heracles. (
Apollod. 2.7.7; comp. HERACLES and PHILOCTES.)
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