Automedon

A son of Diores, was, according to Homer, the charioteer and companion of Achilles, whereas Hyginus 1 makes him sail by himself with ten ships against Troy. According to Virgil,2 he fought bravely by the side of Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles.

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References

Notes

  1. Fabulae, 97.
  2. Aeneid ii, 476.

Sources

  • Homer. Iliad ix, 209; xvi, 148, 219; xvii, 429 ff.; xix, 392; xxiv, 474.
  • 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.