Agastrophus Explained

In Greek mythology, Agastrophus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάστροφος) is a Paionian "hero",^[1] "famed for his spear",^[2] fighting on the side of Troy in the Trojan War, killed by Diomedes.^[3] He was the son of Paeon and brother of Laophoon.^[4]

Mythology

Agastrophus' death comes about as the result of a lapse in judgment. Under the influence of Ate, a kind of judgmental blindness, Agastrophus made the fatal mistake of leaving his chariot too far behind him, thus being unable to escape when he was wounded by Diomedes.^[5] After killing him Diomedes strips the "gleaming corselet of valiant Agastrophus from about his breast, and the shield from off his shoulder, and his heavy helm".^[6]

References

• Connor, Peter, "Paeon" in Gods, Goddeses, and Mythology, Volume 8, editor, C. Scott Littleton, Marshall Cavendish, 2005
• Homer. The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
• North, Richard, Pagan Words and Christian Meanings, Rodopi, 1991. .
• Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. .
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Trojan Epic: Posthomerica, JHU Press, 2007. .
• T. F. E., *"On the Homeric use of the word Ηρως", in The Philological Museum, Volume 2, editor, Julius Charles Hare, Printed by J. Smith for Deightons, 1833.
• Williams, John. "Homerus", in The Edinburgh Review, Volume 77, A. and C. Black, 1843.
• Yamogata, Naoko, Homeric Morality, BRILL, 1994. .
• Yamogata, Naoko, "Disaster revisited: Ate and the Litai in Homer's Iliad" in Personification in the Greek World: From Antiquity to Byzantium Editors, Emma Stafford, Judith Herrin, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2005. .

Notes and References

1. One of 37 so called in the Iliad listed by T. F. E., "On the Homeric use of the word Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἥρως" p. 78
2. [Homer]
3. Homer, Iliad 11.336 - 342
4. Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica p. 112, 6.549 - 555; Parada, "Paeon 1." p. 135; Connor, "Paeon" p. 1096.
5. Yamogata (2005), p. 27; Yamogata (1994) p. 51; North, p. 27; Williams, p. 64.
6. Homer, Iliad 11.372 - 375