Galaxy/The codex of Thersilochus

Thersilochus (Ancient Greek Θερσίλοχος) was a Paeonian captain fighting for Troy. Hector rallies him among the allies over Patroclus' body; Achilles later slays him with many of his countrymen on the banks of the Scamander.

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I.In the Iliad

In Iliad 17 Hector heartens Thersilochus among Paeonian and other allies in the fight for Patroclus. In Iliad 21 Achilles kills him in the river slaughter of the Paeonians.

Wikipedia's Thersilochus page also lists an Antenorid Trojan and a Dulichian suitor under the same name. The atlas id thersilochus-paeonian is the Homeric Paeonian only — not thersilochus-dulichium.

II.Homonyms

Distinct from the Dulichian suitor of Penelope and from Virgil's Italian warrior slain by Turnus. Treat Antenorid attributions on the Wikipedia page as a separate (or confused) strand, not this Paeonian captain.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameThersilochos (Θερσίλοχος)
Typehero
DomainsPaeonian captain · the Axius
EtymologyThersílochos combines a boldness root (thersi-) with lochos ("ambush, company") — a warrior name shared by several minor figures.
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