Echius

Also known as: son of Damastor · Family: Achaeans · Role: father of Mecisteus · First appears: BOOK VIII

Life events

• Hector shattered Teucer’s arm, and Ajax’s men carried him back to the ships.(BOOK VIII)
  • With: Hector Teucer Ajax son of Telamon Mecisteus
  • “he hit him just where the collar-bone divides the neck from the chest, a very deadly place, and broke the sinew of his arm so that his wrist was less, and the bow dropped from his hand as he fell forward on his knees.”

BOOK VIII

• child: Mecisteus “his two trusty squires, Mecisteus son of Echius, and Alastor”

BOOK XV

• enemies with Polites “Polydamas killed Mecisteus, and Polites Echius”

BOOK XVI

• parent: Damastor “Echius son of Damastor”

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