Pandarus (son of Lycaon)

Pandaros ( Greek  Πάνδαρος ) is the son of Lycaon in Greek mythology and came from the city of Zeleia in the landscape called "Trojan Lycia" or "Little Lycia". He is the leader of the Trojans who settled on Aisepos and took part in the Trojan War on Troy's side . After the duel between Menelaus and Paris , he destroyed the attempt to end the war peacefully with a bow shot against Menelaus at the behest of Athens . The arrow, however, missed its target due to Athena's action. This was the sign of the final decisive battle of the Trojan War. He was killed by Diomedes with Athene's help. Diomedes lance struck Pandaro between his mouth and nose, pierced his palate, and emerged above the neck.

In medieval tales, e.g. B. Le Roman De Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (12th century) and subsequently in Giovanni Boccaccio , Geoffrey Chaucer ( Troilus and Criseyde ) and Shakespeare ( Troilus and Cressida ) he appears under the name Pandarus as a figure, who brings Criseyde (Cressida) to the Trojan prince Troilus as lover.

literature

• Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher: Pandaros 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1504 f. ( Digitized version ).