Galaxy/The codex of Thersilochus

Paeonian captain whom Hector heartened in the rally over Patroclus and whom Achilles slew on the banks of Scamander with a host of his countrymen — a namesake of Thersilochus the Dulichian suitor in Apollodorus' catalogue.1

I

In the fierce struggle when the Trojans fought to drag Patroclus to Ilios, Hector named Thersilochus among the allied captains he heartened, standing in the flashing armour of the son of Peleus.2

II

By the eddying river, when the Paeonians saw their best man Asteropaeus mightily vanquished beneath Achilles' hands, the son of Peleus went on chasing them along the banks and slew Thersilochus, Mydon, Astypylus, Mnesus, Thrasius, Aenius, and Ophelestes.3

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 Thersilochus — art, artifacts and echoes.

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