In Greek mythology, Archelochus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχέλοχος) was a son of Antenor[1][2] and Theano. Along with his brother, Acamas, and Aeneas, he shared the command of the Dardanians fighting on the side of the Trojans.[3]

Family

Archelochus was the brother of Crino,[4] Acamas,[5][6] Agenor,[7][8] Antheus,[9] Coön,[10] Demoleon,[11] Eurymachus,[12] Glaucus,[13] Helicaon,[14] Iphidamas,[15] Laodamas,[16][17] Laodocus,[18] Medon,[19] Polybus[7][20] and Thersilochus[19]

Mythology

According to the Iliad, when the Trojan army was broken up into five divisions Archelochus was one of the three leaders of his division along with the other two Dardanian leaders.[21] Later in the poem he is killed by Ajax son of Telamon, when the latter throws a spear at Polydamas but it misses the intended target and instead hits Archelochus in the neck:

"Swiftly then he [Ajax] cast with his bright spear at the other, even as he was drawing back. And Polydamas himself escaped black fate, springing to one side; but Archelochus, son of Antenor, received the spear; for to him the gods purposed death. Him the spear smote at the joining of head and neck on the topmost joint of the spine, and it shore off both the sinews. And far sooner did his head and mouth and nose reach the earth as he fell, than his legs and knees."[22]

Notes

  1. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
  2. ^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  3. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823
  4. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.4
  5. ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100
  6. ^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  7. ^ a b Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 219, 11.44–46. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  8. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
  9. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 134
  10. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53
  11. ^ Homer, Iliad 20.395
  12. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.3
  13. ^ Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 4.7; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 10.27.3
  14. ^ Homer, Iliad 3.123
  15. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
  16. ^ Homer, Iliad 15.516
  17. ^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 283, 15.193. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
  18. ^ Homer, Iliad 4.87
  19. ^ a b Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
  20. ^ Homer, Iliad 11.59
  21. ^ Homer, Iliad 12.100
  22. ^ Homer, Iliad 461–469

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