Demoleon Explained

In Greek mythology, Demoleon (Ancient Greek: Δημολέων) was a Trojan warrior, son of Antenor^[1] and Theano. His father was a counselor to King Priam and his mother was a priestess of Athena.

Family

Demoleon was the brother of Crino,^[2] Acamas,^{[3] [4]} Agenor,^{[5] [6]} Antheus,^[7] Archelochus,^{[8] [9]} Coön,^[10] Eurymachus,^[11] Glaucus,^[12] Helicaon,^[13] Iphidamas,^[14] Laodamas,^{[15] [16]} Laodocus,^[17] Medon,^[18] Polybus,^[19] and Thersilochus. Demoleon was the grandson of Thracian king Cisseus and Telecleia through his maternal side.

Mythology

Demoleon was a tough defensive fighter that was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War. Born into a peaceful family that believed that Helen should be sent back to the Greeks. His house was spared by the Achaeans because his family received Odysseus and Menelaus when they came to Troy as envoys. Demoleon's house was also spared by the Achaeans because his father pleaded with the Trojans to return Helen to the Greeks when Paris first stole her from Menelaus. It is believed that his family founded the city of Patavium (Padua) after fleeing Troy.

"…and over [the body of Iphition] Achilles killed Demoleon, a valiant champion of war and son to Antenor. He struck him on the temple through his bronze-cheeked helmet. The helmet did not stay the spear, but it went right on, crushing the bone so that the brain inside was shed in all directions, and his lust of fighting was ended."^[20]

Namesake

• 18493 Demoleon, Jovian asteroid

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• 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. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.

External links

• Demoleon, Minor Planet Center

Notes and References

1. [Homer]
2. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. Book: [[Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806–807, p. 219, 11.44–46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
5. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 219, 11.44–46. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
6. Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579
7. Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134
8. Apollodorus, E.3.34; Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464
9. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 61, Prologue 806–807. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
10. Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53
11. Pausanias, 10.27.3
12. [Virgil]
13. Homer, Iliad 3.123
14. Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4
15. Homer, Iliad 15.516
16. Book: Tzetzes, John. Allegories of the Iliad. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. 2015. 978-0-674-96785-4. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England. 283, 15.193. Goldwyn. Adam. Kokkini. Dimitra.
17. Homer, Iliad 4.87
18. Virgil, Aeneid 6.484
19. Homer, Iliad 11.59
20. Homer, Iliad 20