Leonteus

Also known as: of the race of Mars · Family: Achaean · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II

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

Life events

Leonteus kills Hippomachus, Antiphates, Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes.(BOOK XII)
- With: Hippomachus Antiphates Menon Iamenus Orestes
- “Leonteus, of the race of Mars, killed Hippomachus the son of Antimachus by striking him with his spear upon the girdle. He then drew his sword and sprang first upon Antiphates whom he killed in combat, and who fell face upwards on the earth. After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes, and laid them low one after the other.”

parent: Coronus “with him was Leonteus, of the race of Mars, who was son of Coronus, the son of Caeneus.”

with Polypoetes (interaction) “two of the bravest chieftains, proud sons of the fighting Lapithae—the one, Polypoetes, mighty son of Pirithous, and the other Leonteus”
enemies with Hippomachus “Leonteus, of the race of Mars, killed Hippomachus the son of Antimachus”
enemies with Menon “After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes”
enemies with Iamenus “After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes”
enemies with Orestes “After him he killed Menon, Iamenus, and Orestes”

rivals with Polypoetes “Then uprose the two mighty men Polypoetes and Leonteus”
rivals with Ajax son of Telamon “Then uprose the two mighty men Polypoetes and Leonteus, with Ajax son of Telamon and noble Epeus”
rivals with Epeus “Then uprose the two mighty men Polypoetes and Leonteus, with Ajax son of Telamon and noble Epeus”

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