Deiphobus

Family: Trojan · Role: warrior · First appears: BOOK XII

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Deiphobus) · The Aeneid (as Deïphobus)

In Book XII, Deiphobus is named as one of Priam’s sons alongside his brother Helenus. In Book XIII, he is an enemy of Meriones, who wounds him with a spear, and of Idomeneus, who taunts him over their losses. Aeneas joins the pursuit of Idomeneus after Deiphobus’s words, and his brother Polites puts his arms around his waist.

In Book XXII, Hector calls Deiphobus his dearest brother and says he values him more because he ventured outside the wall for Hector’s sake. Hecuba is also named as his parent, alongside Priam.

Relationship record

BOOK XII

• parent: Priam “the third by Helenus and Deiphobus, two sons of Priam”
• siblings with Helenus “the third by Helenus and Deiphobus, two sons of Priam”
• with Helenus (interaction) “the third by Helenus and Deiphobus, two sons of Priam”

BOOK XIII

• parent: Priam “Deiphobus son of Priam went about among them intent on deeds of daring”
• enemies with Meriones “Meriones took aim at him with a spear, nor did he fail to hit the broad orb of ox-hide”
• enemies with Idomeneus “Idomeneus vaunted over him and cried with a loud voice saying, “Deiphobus, since you are in a mood to vaunt, shall we cry quits now that we have killed three men to your one?””
• friends with Aeneas “With these words he moved the heart of Aeneas, and he went in pursuit of Idomeneus”
• siblings with Polites “Then Polites, own brother of Deiphobus passed his arms around his waist”

BOOK XXII

• siblings with Hector “Deiphobus, you have always been dearest to me of all my brothers”
• parent: Priam “Deiphobus, you have always been dearest to me of all my brothers, children of Hecuba and Priam, but henceforth I shall rate you yet more highly, inasmuch as you have ventured outside the wall for my sake when all the others remain inside.”
• parent: Hecuba “Deiphobus, you have always been dearest to me of all my brothers, children of Hecuba and Priam, but henceforth I shall rate you yet more highly, inasmuch as you have ventured outside the wall for my sake when all the others remain inside.”

BOOK XXIV

• parent: Priam “Then he called to his sons, upbraiding Helenus, Paris, noble Agathon, Pammon, Antiphonus, Polites of the loud battle-cry, Deiphobus, Hippothous, and Dius.”

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