Schedius
Schedius (Ancient Greek: Σχεδίος Skhedíos) was a name attributed to four individuals in Greek mythology.
- Schedius was the son of Iphitus by Hippolyte or Thrasybule and brother of Epistrophus.[1][2] He was counted among the suitors of Helen.[3] In the Iliad, he and his brother lead the Phocians on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War,[4] Schedius being commander of ten ships out of forty brought by both brothers.[1] He was killed when Hector threw a spear at Ajax, who dodged it.[5] Both brothers' bones, were carried back and buried at Anticyra.[6] Their tomb existed until the Roman times. Pausanias also cites that Schedius's icon was displayed at Delphi.[6]
- Schedius, son of Perimedes, was a leader of the Phocians. He was killed by Hector.[7]
- Schedius, one of the suitors of Penelope, from Dulichium.[8]
- Schedius, a defender of Troy who was killed by Neoptolemus.[9]
Notes
- Hyginus, Fabulae 97
- Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 540–541
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.10.8
- Homer, Iliad 2.517
- Homer, Iliad 17.306–311
- "Σχεδίος (Μυθολ.)". Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Athens - Greece: "Pyrsos" Co. Ltd. 1933. p. 684.
- Homer, Iliad 15.515
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Epitome of Book 4.7.27
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica 10.87
References
- 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.
- Pseudo-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.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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