Deiphobus (son of Priam)
Deiphobos ( Greek Δηΐφοβος ) is a figure from Greek mythology from the saga of the Trojan War .
As the son of King Priam and Hecabe , he is one of the most important and strongest fighters for Troy . Hector describes him as the "dearest" of his brothers. After the death of his brother Paris , Deiphobos becomes the husband of his sister-in-law Helena according to the law and accompanies her to the Trojan horse . During the conquest of Troy, he falls victim to Menelaus' vengeance and is killed after a hard fight, his house is destroyed. He is not buried after his death. Aeneas creates a tumulus for him .
In Virgil's Aeneid the shadow of Deiphobos appears to Aeneas in the underworld.
Remarks
- ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 12, 5; Hyginus , Fabulae 89.
- ↑ Homer , Iliad 22:23.
- ↑ Homer, Iliad 12:94.
- ↑ Dictys Cretensis 1, 10; 4, 22; Johannes Tzetzes , ad Lycophronem 168; Scholion to Homer, Iliad 24, 251.
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 4, 276.
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 8: 517-521; Hygin, fabulae 113; Quintus of Smyrna 13:354; Dictys Cretensis 5, 12.
- ^ Servius , Commentary of the Aeneid 2, 310.
- ↑ Eustathios , commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 894, 24.
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 6, 505.
- ^ Virgil, Aeneis 6, 494-547.
literature
- Ludwig von Sybel : Deiphobos 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 981 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Richard Wagner (philologist) : Deïphobos 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Col. 2404-2406.