Scion of Ares who marshalled the Phthians when great-souled Protesilaus was slain at the landing — son of Iphiclus, younger brother of the first Achaean to leap ashore at Troy.1
I
Though the men longed for Protesilaus, they were not leaderless: Podarces marshalled them, he that was son of Phylacus' son Iphiclus and own brother to the warrior Protesilaus, younger-born yet valiant in the host of the Phthians from Phylace and Hellas.2
II
When the battle raged at the ships, Podarces and Medon led the Phthians in the forefront until Aeneas smote Medon among the press of fighters.3
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