Galaxy/The codex of Mnesus

Paeonian whom Achilles slew on the banks of Scamander in the rout after Asteropaeus fell — named with Thersilochus, Mydon, and the river-bank company.1

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When the Paeonians saw their best man mightily vanquished beneath Achilles' hands, the son of Peleus chased them along the eddying river and laid Mnesus in the dust with Thersilochus, Mydon, Astypylus, Thrasius, Aenius, and Ophelestes.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 Mnesus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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