Galaxy/The codex of Medesicaste

Illegitimate daughter of Priam (`priam`) who dwelt with Imbrius son of Mentor at Pedaeum, rich in horses, before the war drew her husband back to fight at Troy.1

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Homer names Medesicaste only in the pedigree of Imbrius: before the Achaeans came, the spearman dwelt in Pedaeum and had to wife Medesicaste, a daughter of Priam born out of wedlock; when the curved ships arrived he returned to Ilios and fell to Teucer's bow in the press about the ships.2

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BEYOND THE POETS

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

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