Young son of Antenor, well skilled in all manner of fighting beside his brother Archelochus and Aeneas — a namesake of the Thracian captain and of other Acamas figures, but Homer keeps this prince among the Dardanian champions like to the immortals.1
Homer sets Acamas beside Archelochus with Aeneas in the Catalogue and in the assault on the wall. Apollodorus names both sons of Antenor among the Dardanian leaders who came to join the Trojans.2
When the battle raged about the ships, Hector bore his shield amid the foremost fighters, and with him stood Polydamas, godlike Aeneas, and the three sons of Antenor — Polybus, goodly Agenor, and young Acamas, like to the immortals.3
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