Galaxy/The codex of Opheltius

Trojan whom godlike Euryalus slew when he went on after Dresus in the battle of *Iliad* 6 — distinct from Opheltius the Danaan leader whom Hector laid low in *Iliad* 11.1

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When Diomedes had smitten Acamas chiefest among the Thracians, Euryalus slew Dresus and Opheltius, and went on after Aesepus and Pedasus, whom the fountain-nymph Abarbarea bare to peerless Bucolion, son of lordly Laomedon.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 Opheltius — art, artifacts and echoes.

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