Scamander

Skamandros, Xanthos

A Scamander and a god.

Genealogy

Callirrhoe, Strymo, Teucer

Places
  1. Kallikolone
  2. Mount Olympus
  3. Troy
  4. Xanthos
Events
  1. Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Leto, Scamander, and Aphrodite join the Trojan troops in battle
  2. Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Leto, Scamander, and Aphrodite withdraw from battle to Kallikolone Hill
  3. Xanthus empowers Asteropaeus to fight Achilles
  4. The river Xanthus takes human form
  5. Xanthus warns Achilles to stop polluting his waters with corpses
  6. Apollo continues his onslaught against the Trojans
  7. Xanthus tells Apollo that he is not following Zeus’ order to defend the Trojans
  8. Xanthus attacks Achilles with great waves
  9. Achilles attempts to overcome Xanthus’ assault
  10. Xanthus invokes the aid of Simoeis against Achilles
  11. Hera orders Hephaestus to distract Xanthus from his attack on Achilles
  12. Hephaestus starts fires on Xanthus’s banks
  13. Xanthus, scalded by Hephaestus, relents in his attack on Achilles
  14. Xanthus swears not to defend the Trojans again
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.1
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 12.3
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 31
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 20, Section 54
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 136
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 200
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 222
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 233
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 249
  11. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 272
  12. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 298
  13. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 324
  14. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 335
  15. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 361
  16. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 383
  17. Pausanias - Description of Greece: Book 5, Section 25.6
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