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Podalirius
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Podalirius
The former
butterfly
genus
Podalirius
is included in
Heliconius
''.
In
Greek mythology
,
Podalirius
or
Podaleirius
was a son of
Asclepius
. With
Machaon
, his brother, he led thirty ships from
Tricca
,
Thessaly
in the
Trojan War
on the side of the Greeks. Like Machaon, he was a legendary healer. He healed
Philoctetes
, holder of the bow and arrows of
Heracles
required to end the war. He was one of those who entered the
Trojan Horse
. Alongside
Amphimachus
,
Calchas
,
Leonteus
and
Polypoetes
he traveled to
Colophon
, where Calchas died.
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