Echius

Two mythical personages of this name occur in the Iliad; the one a Greek and father of Mecisteus, was slain by Polites,1 and the other, a Trojan, was slain by Patroclus.2

References

Notes

  1. Homer. Iliad viii, 333; xv, 339.
  2. ibid. xvi, 416.

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.