Galaxy/The codex of Peisenor

Father of Cleitus (`cleitus-trojan`), the glorious comrade of Polydamas whom Teucer smote as he drove his horses where the battalions were driven in rout — distinct from Peisenor in the *Odyssey* genealogy of Eurycleia and from Pisenor the suitor of Same.1

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Homer names Peisenor only as the father of Cleitus when peerless Teucer, bearing his bent-back bow, smote the Trojan warrior busy with his reins amid the rout that Polydamas and his comrades pressed upon the Argive ships.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 Peisenor — art, artifacts and echoes.

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