Astypylos

Astypylos ( Greek  Ἀστύπυλος ) is a person from Greek mythology .

It appears only in the 21st book of Homer's Iliad . He is one of the pioneers who were slain by Achilles in an attack by the Greeks against the Trojans and their allies during the Trojan War in the Xanthos river bed . Besides Astypylos, Achilles kills the Paionians Thersilochus , Mydon , Thrasios , Mnesos , Ainios and Ophelestes .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Astypylos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 663 ( digitized version ).
• Ulrich Hoefer : Astypylos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, column 1876 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ↑ Homer, Iliad 21: 205-210.