Galaxy/The codex of Alectryon

Great-souled father of Leïtus, captain of the Boeotians at Troy — named only when Hector smote the son on the wrist in close fight and made him cease from battle.1

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Leïtus again, the son of great-souled Alectryon, did Hector wound in close fight, on the hand at the wrist, and made him cease from fighting; and casting an anxious glance about him he shrank back, seeing he no more had hope that bearing spear in hand he might do battle with the Trojans.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

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

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