Mecisteus

Also known as: son of Echius / son of Talaus · Family: Greek · Role: father · First appears: BOOK II

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

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 Echius
  • “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 II

• parent: Talaus “Euryalus, son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus”
• child: Euryalus “With them in command was Euryalus, son of king Mecisteus, son of Talaus”

BOOK VIII

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

BOOK XV

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

BOOK XXIII

• parent: Talaus “Mecisteus went once to Thebes after the fall of Oedipus, to attend his funeral, and he beat all the people of Cadmus.”
• child: Euryalus “No man rose save Euryalus son of Mecisteus, who was son of Talaus.”

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