Leiocritus Explained

Leiocritus (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Λειώκριτος) or Leocritus (Λεώκριτός) was the name of three characters in Greek mythology:

• Leocritus, the Trojan son of Polydamas. He participated in the Trojan War and was killed by Odysseus.^[1]
• Leiocritus, son of Arisbas and an Achaean warrior who was killed by Aeneas during the siege of Troy.^[2]
• Leiocritus, son of the Evenor and one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.^[3] He was slain by Telemachus.^[4]

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.
• 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.
• Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• 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.

Notes and References

1. [Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]
2. [Homer]
3. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
4. Homer, Odyssey 2.242; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33