Tlepolemus

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In Greek mythology, Tlepolemus (/lɪˈpɒlɪməs/; Ancient Greek: Τληπόλεμος, romanizedTlēpólemos) was the leader of the Rhodian forces in the Trojan War.[1]

Family[edit]

Tlepolemus was a son of Heracles and Astyoche, daughter of Phylas, king of Ephyra.[1][2] Though some sources say that his mother was Astydameia, daughter of Amyntor[3] or Ormenus.[4]

Mythology[edit]

Tlepolemus fled to Rhodes after slaying Licymnius, Heracles' aged maternal uncle.[1] According to the Bibliotheca, this was an accident—Tlepolemus was beating a servant when Licymnius ran between the two, suffering a fatal blow,[5]—but Pindar states that the death was intentional and motivated by anger.[3] Accompanied by his Argive wife Polyxo,[6][7] Tlepolemus made passage to Rhodes and divided the island into three parts, founding three Rhodian city-states: Cameirus, Ialysus and Lindus.[8][9]

Hyginus lists Tlepolemus among the suitors of Helen;[10] thus bound by the oath of Tyndareus, he was among the Greek allies in the campaign against Troy, leading a force of nine ships.[1]

He encountered Sarpedon on the first day of fighting recounted in the Iliad and taunted him saying that he lacked courage and could not really be the son of Zeus.[11] Tlepolemus then attacked him, and although he wounded Sarpedon, he was slain by the latter.[12]

According to Pausanias, Polyxo killed Helen to avenge for her husband's death,[6] though Polyaenus says that Menelaus had dressed up a servant in Helen's clothes and that the Rhodians killed her instead as Menelaus and Helen escaped.[13]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Homer, Iliad 2.653–70.
  2. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 2, chapter 7, section 6". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  3. ^ a b "Pindar, Olympian, Olympian 7 For Diagoras of Rhodes Boxing-Match 464 B. C." www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  4. ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 232 M–W = schol. Pind. Ol. 7.42b: "Homer says that she was Astyoche, not Astydameia ... Hesiod also says that she was Astydameia, Pherecydes says Astygeneia. She was a daughter of Phylas. ... Herein Pindar says that she was daughter of Amyntor, but Hesiod and Simonides say Ormenus." (Ὅμηρος ταύτην Ἀστυόχην φησὶν, οὐκ Ἀστυδάμειαν ... καὶ Ἡσίοδος δὲ Ἀστυδάμειαν αὐτήν φησι, Φερεκύδης δὲ Ἀστυγένειαν. ἦν δὲ Φύλαντος θυγάτηρ ... ἐνταῦθα δὲ Ἀμύντορος αὐτήν φησιν ὁ Πίνδαρος, Ἡσίοδος δὲ καὶ Σιμωνίδης Ὀρμένου.)
  5. ^ "Apollodorus, Library, book 2, chapter 8, section 2". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  6. ^ a b "Pausanias, Description of Greece, Laconia, chapter 19, section 10". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  7. ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 911 calls her "Philozoe" (Φιλοζώη)
  8. ^ "LacusCurtius • Diodorus Siculus — Book IV Chapters 40‑58". penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  9. ^ Cf. Iliad 2.655–6, where Tlepolemus leads "those who dwell Rhodes, ordered in three parts: Lindos, Ialysus and shining Cameirus" (οἳ Ῥόδον ἀμφενέμοντο διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες | Λίνδον Ἰηλυσόν τε καὶ ἀργινόεντα Κάμειρον).
  10. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 81
  11. ^ Homer, Iliad 5.633–46
  12. ^ "Homer, The Iliad, Scroll 5, line 572". www.perseus.tufts.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  13. ^ "Polyaenus: Stratagems - Book 1 (a)". www.attalus.org. Retrieved 2024-03-09.

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