Tychius

Of Hyle, a mythical artificer, mentioned by Homer (who calls him σκυτοτόμων ὔχ̓ ἄριστος, "the best worker in leather"), as the maker of Ajax's shield of seven ox-hides, covered with a plate of brass.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Iliad, vii, 219-223.
  • Nonnus. Dionysiaca xiii, 671.
  • 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.