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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Axylus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄξυλος) was a [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior who participated in the [[Trojan War]]. | In [[Greek mythology]], '''Axylus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Ἄξυλος) was a [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior who participated in the [[Trojan War]]. | ||
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Template:Short description In Greek mythology, Axylus (Ancient Greek: Ἄξυλος) was a Trojan warrior who participated in the Trojan War.
Family
Axylus was the son of Teuthranus.
Mythology
Axylus was a wealthy and young man who came from the town of Arisbe, a city in the Troad. He was killed by Diomedes during the siege of Troy.[1]
This character was mentioned in Book VI of Homer's Iliad:
Diomedes, expert in war cries, killed Axylus,
son of Teuthranus, a rich man, from well-built Arisbe.
People really loved him, for he lived beside a road,
welcomed all passers-by into his home.
But not one of those men he'd entertained now stood
in front of him, protecting him from wretched death.
Diomedes took the lives of two men--Axylus,
and his attendant Calesius, his charioteer.
So both men went down into the underworld.
Notes
References
- 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. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Template:ISBN. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Translation of the Iliad by Ian Johnston.