Asius

A son of Dymas and brother of Hecabe. Apollo assumed the appearance of this Asius, when he wanted to stimulate Hector to fight against Patroclus.1 According to Dictys Cretensis,2 Asius was slain by Ajax.

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References

Notes

  1. Homer. Iliad xvi, 715 ff.; Eustathius, 1083.
  2. iv, 12.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.