Galaxy/The codex of Aesepus

Twin son of the fountain-nymph Abarbarea and Bucolion, illegitimate eldest son of Laomedon, whom godlike Euryalus slew after Dresus and Opheltius when Diomedes had smitten Acamas — namesake of the Trojan river but a warrior in his own right.1

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Euryalus slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and Pedasus, whom on a time the fountain-nymph Abarbarea bare to peerless Bucolion. Now Bucolion was son of lordly Laomedon, his eldest born, though the mother that bare him was unwed; he while shepherding his flocks had lain with the nymph in love, and she conceived and bare twin sons. Of these did Mecisteus' son strip the shining harness from their shoulders.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Aesepus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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