In Greek mythology, Echemmon (/ɪˈkɛmən/ ih-KEM-ən; Ancient Greek: Ἐχέμμων or Ἐχέμμον) may refer to the following characters:
- Echemmon, a Trojan hero and son of King Priam of Troy.[1] He was killed together with his brother Chromius by Diomedes, king of Argos, during the Trojan War.[2] In another account, Echemmon and his brother Aretus, were instead slain by Odysseus.[3]
- Echemmon, a friend of Thoas who was killed by Eurypylus of Mysia during the siege of Troy.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
- ^ Homer, Iliad 5.160
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 6.580 ff.
References
edit- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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