Xanthos

Xanthos

A river near Troy who, in a physical manifestation, battles Achilles.

More information on Xanthos is available at the Pleiades project.

river

Events
  1. Sarpedon, Glaucus, and the Lycians join the Trojans as allies
  2. The Trojans and Achaeans fight each other at the Simoeis and Xanthos rivers
  3. Proeteus refuses to kill Bellerophon and sends him to be killed by Iobates instead
  4. Achilles divides the Trojan forces at the bank of the river Xanthos
  5. Achilles enters the river and massacres the Trojans
  6. Achilles spares twelve Trojans to sacrifice
  7. Achilles sees Lycaon in the river and thinks he has returned from the dead
  8. Lycaon prostrates himself before Achilles and begs for his life
  9. Achilles rebukes and kills Lycaon
  10. Xanthus empowers Asteropaeus to fight Achilles
  11. Achilles kills Asteropaeus
  12. Achilles strips Asteropaeus of his armour
  13. Achilles pursues the Paeonians
  14. Achilles kills Thersilokhos, Mydon, Astypylos, Mnesos, Thrasios, Oeneus, and Ophelestes
  15. The river Xanthus takes human form
  16. Xanthus warns Achilles to stop polluting his waters with corpses
  17. Apollo continues his onslaught against the Trojans
  18. Xanthus tells Apollo that he is not following Zeus’ order to defend the Trojans
  19. Achilles enters the river Xanthus a second time
  20. Xanthus attacks Achilles with great waves
  21. Achilles asks the gods to save him from Xanthus
  22. Poseidon and Athena appear to Achilles and reassure him he will not die in the river
  23. Achilles attempts to overcome Xanthus’ assault
  24. Xanthus invokes the aid of Simoeis against Achilles
  25. Hephaestus starts fires on Xanthus’s banks
  26. Xanthus, scalded by Hephaestus, relents in his attack on Achilles
  27. Xanthus swears not to defend the Trojans again
People
  1. Achilles
  2. Apollo
  3. Asteropaeus
  4. Astypylos
  5. Athena
  6. Bellerophon
  7. Glaucus
  8. Hephaestus
  9. Hera
  10. Iobates
  11. Lycaon
  12. Mnesos
  13. Mydon
  14. Oeneus
  15. Ophelestes
  16. Poseidon
  17. Proetus
  18. Sarpedon
  19. Scamander
  20. Thersilokhos
  21. Thrasios
Groups
  1. Achaeans
  2. Lycians
  3. Paeonians
  4. Trojans
Citations
  1. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 875
  2. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 5, Section 470
  3. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 1
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 6, Section 172
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 8, Section 549
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 12, Section 298
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 14, Section 421
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 1
  9. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 21, Section 596
  10. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 24, Section 689
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