Dolon

This article covers the figure in Greek mythology. For additional meanings, see Dolon (disambiguation) .

Dolon. Detail of an Attic red-figure lekytho , around 460 BC Chr.

Dolon ( Greek  Δόλων ) is a figure in Greek mythology , son of the herald Eumedes . He was a spy on Troy's side in Homer's Iliad . In the last battle, in which Troy was already doomed, he crept into the Greek camp in disguise at night, but was exposed, interrogated and killed by Odysseus and Diomedes . His betrayal brought death to the Thracian Rhesus .

The 10th song of the Iliad, in which these events are described, is therefore also called Dolonie .

According to Hygin , Dolon is also the name of a son of Priam.

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Some authors (including L. Gernet , R. Girard ) have seen the mythical figure of a human sacrifice ( pharmakòs ) in Dolon . According to Gernet, the description of Dolon as "ugly" (as is the case with Euripides ' Trojans) and "quick-footed" as well as the accusation that he wanted to rob the corpses is indicative of this.

literature

• Ludwig von Sybel : Dolon a) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1195 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Dolon and Rhesos

Commons : Dolon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Homer: Iliad X in the Gutenberg project
2. ↑ Ludwig von Sybel : Dolon b) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, column 1196 ( digitized version ).