Galaxy/The codex of Nomion

Father of Nastes and Amphimachus (`nastes-nomionid`, `amphimachus-nomionid`), the glorious captains twain of the Carians who held Miletus, Phthires, the Maeander, and Mycale's steep crests.1

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Homer names Nomion only as the father of the Carian captains Nastes and Amphimachus when the Catalogue musters the allies from Miletus and the Maeander country — Nastes came to the war all decked with gold like a girl, fool that he was, but his gold availed not to ward off woeful destruction beneath Achilles' hands.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 Nomion — art, artifacts and echoes.

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