Ilus Explained

In Greek mythology, Ilus (;) is the name of several mythological characters associated directly or indirectly with Troy:

• Ilus, the son of Dardanus, and the legendary founder of Dardania.^[1]
• Ilus, the son of Tros, and the legendary founder of Troy.^[2]
• Ilus, son of Mermerus, and grandson of Jason and Medea. This Ilus lived at Ephyra, between Elis and Olympia. In a tale recounted in the Odyssey, he played host to Odysseus, but when Odysseus requested from Ilus poison for his arrows, he declined, from fear of divine vengeance.^[3]
• Ilus, an ally of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.^[4]

References

• Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• 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, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. .
• Virgil, Aeneid [books 7–12], in Aeneid: Books 7-12. Appendix Vergiliana, translated by H. Rushton Fairclough, revised by G. P. Goold, Loeb Classical Library No. 64, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2000. . Online version at Harvard University Press.

Notes and References

1. Parada, s.v. Ilus 1; Apollodorus, 3.12.2
2. Parada, s.v. Ilus 2; Homer, Iliad 20.230-240.
3. Parada, s.v. Ilus 3; Homer, Odyssey 1.259.
4. Parada, s.v. Ilus 4; Virgil, Aeneid 10.400.