Galaxy/The codex of Orsilochus

First of the Trojans whom peerless Teucer laid on the bounteous earth when Ajax covered him with his shining shield — a namesake of Orsilochus the Pylians' king and of Crethon's brother whom Aeneas slew.1

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Whom first then of the Trojans did peerless Teucer slay? Orsilochus — then Ormenus, Ophelestes, Daetor, Chromius, godlike Lycophontes, Amopaon, and Melanippus, one after another, while Agamemnon waxed glad at the havoc in the battalions.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 Orsilochus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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