Echion (son of Portheus)

Echion ( Greek  Ἐχίων "the snake man" from ἔχις echis "viper") is the son of Portheus in Greek mythology .

He fought in the Trojan War and was one of the Greeks who hid in the Trojan Horse . He was killed when he jumped out.

literature

• Otto Waser : Echion 4. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 2, Stuttgart 1905, Col. 1925.

Remarks

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus , Epitome 5, 20.