Archelochus

Also known as: son of Antenor · Family: Trojan · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II

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

Life events

• Ajax son of Telamon unintentionally kills Archelochus with a spear thrust to the neck.(BOOK XIV)
  • With: Ajax son of Telamon
  • “Ajax son of Telamon was more angry than any, for the man had fallen close beside him; so he aimed at Polydamas as he was retreating, but Polydamas saved himself by swerving aside and the spear struck Archelochus son of Antenor, for heaven counselled his destruction; it struck him where the head springs from the neck at the top joint of the spine, and severed both the tendons at the back of the head.”

BOOK II

• parent: Antenor “with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas”
• siblings with Acamas “with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas”

BOOK XII

• parent: Antenor “the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas”
• siblings with Acamas “the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas”
• with Aeneas (interaction) “Aeneas, the valiant son of Anchises, led the fourth; he and the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas”

BOOK XIV

• parent: Antenor “Archelochus son of Antenor”
• siblings with Acamas “Acamas then bestrode his brother’s body”

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