Demoleon

Family: Trojans · Role: warrior · First appears: BOOK XX

Life events

• Achilles kills Demoleon and Hippodamas during his assault on the Trojans.(BOOK XX)
  • With: Achilles Hippodamas
  • “after him Achilles killed Demoleon, a valiant man of war and son to Antenor. He struck him on the temple through his bronze-cheeked helmet. The helmet did not stay the spear, but it went right on, crushing the bone so that the brain inside was shed in all directions, and his lust of fighting was ended. Then he struck Hippodamas in the midriff as he was springing down from his chariot in front of him, and trying to escape. He breathed his last”

BOOK XX

• parent: Antenor (Antenor is Demoleon’s father.) “after him Achilles killed Demoleon, a valiant man of war and son to Antenor.”
• enemies with Achilles “after him Achilles killed Demoleon, a valiant man of war and son to Antenor.”

Also listed in Trojans — Minor Figures

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