Scamander

Also known as: Xanthus · Family: Trojan-aligned gods · Role: river god · First appears: BOOK XX

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

Life events

• The gods choose sides and enter the conflict between Trojans and Achaeans.(BOOK XX)
  • With: Juno Minerva Neptune Mercury Vulcan Mars Apollo Diana Leto Venus
  • “Thus spoke Jove and gave the word for war, whereon the gods took their several sides and went into battle.”
• Scamander attacks Achilles and drives him from the river to save the Trojans.(BOOK XXI · 📍 Scamander)
  • With: Achilles
  • “Meanwhile Achilles sprang from the bank into mid-stream, whereon the river raised a high wave and attacked him.”
• Vulcan burns the river until Scamander yields and stops helping the Trojans.(BOOK XXI · 📍 Scamander)
  • With: Vulcan Juno
  • “He could flow no longer but stayed his stream, so afflicted was he by the blasts of fire which cunning Vulcan had raised.”

BOOK XX

• enemies with Vulcan (Xanthus faces Vulcan.) “the mighty eddying river whom men can Scamander, but gods Xanthus, matched himself against Vulcan.”

BOOK XXI

• siblings with Simois “Dear brother, let the two of us unite to save this man, or he will sack the mighty city of King Priam”
• enemies with Vulcan “Vulcan, there is no god can hold his own against you. I cannot fight you when you flare out your flames in this way”
• enemies with Achilles “Achilles sprang from the bank into mid-stream, whereon the river raised a high wave and attacked him.”

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