A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

2. One of the suitors of Penelope, who was killed by Odysseus. (Hom. Od. 18.297, 22.283.) There are two more mythical personages of this name (Apollod. 2.1.5; Hom. Il. 5.148), which Ovid (lb. 331) uses as a surname of Hector in the sense of "ruling far and wide."

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