Son of king Pylaemenes who followed his dear father to Troy unto the war and came not back again to his dear native land — slain by Meriones' arrow as he thrust at Menelaus' shield.1
When Menelaus stripped the bloody armour from a fallen foe and mingled again with the foremost fighters, Harpalion leapt forth and thrust with his spear full upon the shield of the son of Atreus from nigh at hand, yet availed not to drive the bronze clean through.2
As he drew back, Meriones let fly a bronze-tipped arrow and smote him on the right buttock; the shaft passed clean through even to the bladder beneath the bone. He breathed forth his life where he sat in the arms of his comrades, and the great-hearted Paphlagonians bore him to sacred Ilios, his father shedding tears — and for his slaying waxed Paris mightily wroth.3
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