Orsilochus (son of Diocles)

Orsilochos ( Greek  Ὀρσίλοχος ), also Ortilochos (Greek Ὀρτίλοχος ) is a person of Greek mythology .

For Homer , Orsilochus is the son of Diocles , a descendant of the river god Alpheios and king of Pharai , and the twin brother of Crethon . Together with his brother he takes part in the Trojan War , where they are considered the bravest fighters among the Danes . The brothers of Aeneas are killed in battle, which moves Menelaus, who is mourning for them, to advance against the Trojans.

Pausanias reports that Antikleia , mother of Gorgasus and Nicomachus , is a sister of Orsilochus.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Orsilochos 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1208 f. ( Digitized version ).

Remarks

1. ↑ Otto Hoefer: Ortilochos . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1218 ( digitized version ).
2. ↑ Homer Iliad 5: 541-561.
3. ↑ Pausanias 4:30, 3.