Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Ilus.
In play
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Ilus (son of Tros)
Son of Tros who followed a cow to the site of Ilium — founder of the city that Troy’s later kings inherit, father of Laomedon.
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Bibliotheca (foundation of Ilium)
Apollodorus
Apollodorus recounts Ilus’ oracle-cow and the founding of Ilium — the handbook version of how Tros’ son planted the citadel that Priam would lose.