Tlepolemus

Also known as: son of Hercules · Family: Achaean · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Tlepolemus)

Life events

• Sarpedon kills Tlepolemus, who nevertheless wounds Sarpedon in the thigh.(BOOK V)
  • With: Sarpedon
  • “They threw at the same moment, and Sarpedon struck his foe in the middle of his throat; the spear went right through, and the darkness of death fell upon his eyes. Tlepolemus’s spear struck Sarpedon on the left thigh with such force that it tore through the flesh and grazed the bone, but his father as yet warded off destruction from him.”

BOOK II

• parent: Hercules “Tlepolemus, son of Hercules, a man both brave and large of stature”
• with Licymnius (interaction) “When Tlepolemus grew up, he killed his father’s uncle Licymnius, who had been a famous warrior in his time”

BOOK V

• parent: Hercules “Tlepolemus, the son of Hercules”
• enemies with Sarpedon “As for yourself, you shall meet death by my spear.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.