Hippothous
Also known as: Hippothous son of Lethus · Family: Trojan · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II
Life events
- Ajax killed Hippothous and Phorcys while the Argives reclaimed Patroclus’s body.(BOOK XVII)
- With: Ajax son of Telamon Phorcys son of Phaenops Patroclus
- “At this moment Hippothous brave son of the Pelasgian Lethus, in his zeal for Hector and the Trojans, was dragging the body off by the foot through the press of the fight, having bound a strap round the sinews near the ancle; but a mischief soon befell him from which none of those could save him who would have gladly done so, for the son of Telamon sprang forward and smote him on his bronze-cheeked helmet. The plumed headpiece broke about the point of the weapon, struck at once by the spear and by the strong hand of Ajax, so that the bloody brain came oozing out through the crest-socket. His strength then failed him and he let Patroclus’ foot drop from his hand, as he fell full length dead upon the body; thus he died far from the fertile land of Larissa, and never repaid his parents the cost of bringing him up, for his life was cut short early by the spear of mighty Ajax. Hector then took aim at Ajax with a spear, but he saw it coming and just managed to avoid it; the spear passed on and struck Schedius son of noble Iphitus, captain of the Phoceans, who dwelt in famed Panopeus and reigned over much people; it struck him under the middle of the collar-bone the bronze point went right through him, coming out at the bottom of his shoulder-blade, and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground. Ajax in his turn struck noble Phorcys son of Phaenops in the middle of the belly as he was bestriding Hippothous, and broke the plate of his cuirass; whereon the spear tore out his entrails and he clutched the ground in his palm as he fell to earth.”
BOOK II
- parent: Lethus “Hippothous, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus.”
- siblings with Pylaeus “Hippothous, and Pylaeus of the race of Mars, two sons of the Pelasgian Lethus, son of Teutamus”
BOOK XVII
- parent: Lethus “Hippothous brave son of the Pelasgian Lethus”
- enemies with Ajax son of Telamon “the son of Telamon sprang forward and smote him on his bronze-cheeked helmet”
- with Ajax son of Telamon (interaction) “the son of Telamon sprang forward and smote him on his bronze-cheeked helmet”
BOOK XXIV
- parent: Priam “Then he called to his sons, upbraiding Helenus, Paris, noble Agathon, Pammon, Antiphonus, Polites of the loud battle-cry, Deiphobus, Hippothous, and Dius.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Iliad. Made with Rho MD.