Definition: Pholus was a centaur who tried to be hospitable to Hercules, but the scent of his wine drew more raucous centaurs to the scene where a fight with poisoned arrows ensued. Pholus died as the result of poisoning from one such arrow that fell out on his foot.
Pholus
By N.S. Gill, About.com
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