Galaxy/The codex of Arsinous

Great-hearted father of fair-tressed Hecamede (`hecamede`), whom Nestor took from Tenedos when Achilles sacked the island — distinct from Arsinous father of the Mysian captains Chromis and Ennomus (`arsinous-mysian`) in Apollodorus' ally roll.1

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When Nestor and Machaon withdrew from the fight to tend their wounds, fair-tressed Hecamede mixed a potion for them — she whom old Nestor had taken from Tenedos when Achilles sacked it, the daughter of great-hearted Arsinous. The Achaeans had chosen her out for him, for that in counsel he was ever best of all.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

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

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