Melanippus

Also known as: Melanippus son of Hiketaon · Family: Trojans · Role: warrior · First appears: BOOK VIII

Life events

• Antilochus kills Melanippus and attempts to strip his armour before fleeing Hector.(BOOK XV)
  • With: Antilochus
  • “Even so, O Melanippus, did stalwart Antilochus spring upon you to strip you of your armour; but noble Hector marked him, and came running up to him through the thick of the battle.”

BOOK VIII

• enemies with Teucer “Amopaon son of Polyaemon, and Melanippus”

BOOK XV

• with Hector (interaction) “do you take no note of the death of your kinsman”
• enemies with Antilochus “Antilochus sprang upon him as a dog springs on a fawn which a hunter has hit as it was breaking away from its covert, and killed it.”

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