Schedius

A son of Iphitus by Hippolyte, commanded the Phocians in the war against Troy, along with his brother Epistrophus.1 Apollodorus2 calls Epistrophus the father of Schedius. He was slain by Hector,3 and his remains were carried from Troy to Anticyra in Phocis.

He was represented in the Lesche at Delphi.4

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References

Notes

  1. Homer. Iliad ii, 517 ff.
  2. The Library iii, 10.8.
  3. Iliad xvii, 306 ff.; Pausanias. Description of Greece x, 4.1.
  4. Pausanias. Description of Greece x, 30.2, 36, in fin.

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.