Eumelus

Also known as: son of Admetus / son of the descendant of Pheres · Family: Achaean · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Eumelus) · Greek Tragedy — The Same Myth, Three Voices (as Eumelus)

Life events

Diomed wins the chariot race after Apollo causes him to drop his whip and Minerva disrupts Eumelus’s chariot.(BOOK XXIII)
- With: Diomed Apollo Minerva
- “Minerva saw the trick which Apollo had played the son of Tydeus, so she brought him his whip and put spirit into his horses; moreover she went after the son of Admetus in a rage and broke his yoke for him; the mares went one to one side of the course, and the other to the other, and the pole was broken against the ground. Eumelus was thrown from his chariot close to the wheel; his elbows, mouth, and nostrils were all torn, and his forehead was bruised above his eyebrows; his eyes filled with tears and he could find no utterance. But the son of Tydeus turned his horses aside and shot far ahead, for Minerva put fresh strength into them and covered Diomed himself with glory.”

parent: Admetus “these with their eleven ships were led by Eumelus, son of Admetus”
parent: Alcestis “Eumelus, son of Admetus, whom Alcestis bore to him”

parent: Admetus “First among them all uprose Eumelus, king of men, son of Admetus, a man excellent in horsemanship.”
patron: Achilles “Achilles then gave it over to Eumelus, who received it gladly.”

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