Galaxy/The codex of Mydon

Paeonian whom Achilles slew on the banks of Scamander with Thersilochus and a company of his countrymen after Asteropaeus fell — a namesake of Mydon the charioteer of Atymnius whom Antilochus struck down in Book 5.1

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When the Paeonians saw Asteropaeus mightily vanquished beneath Achilles' hands, the son of Peleus went on chasing them along the river-banks and slew Mydon with Thersilochus, Astypylus, Mnesus, 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 Mydon — art, artifacts and echoes.

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