Eetion

In Greek mythology, Eëtion or Eetion (/iˈiːti.ɒn/;^[1] Ancient Greek: Ἠετίων, romanized: Ēetíōn [ɛː.e.tí.ɔːn]) is the king of the Anatolian city of Cilician Thebe. He is said to be the father of Andromache, the wife of the Trojan prince Hector.

Family

Eetion is described as the father of Andromache, who becomes the wife of the Trojan prince Hector.^[2] Homer also mentions a figure named Eetion who is the father of Podes.^[3]

Mythology

In the first book of the Iliad, he is described as the king of the city of Cilician Thebe, in the region of Mysia in Anatolia.^[4] In Book 6 of the Iliad, Andromache tearily tells her husband of an attack which was mounted against Thebe by the Greeks. She relates that Achilles killed her father, Eetion, burning him to death, also murdering his seven sons.^[5]

His wife is never named, but Andromache relates that she was captured in the same raid in which Eëtion was killed, though she later met her demise at the hands of Artemis.^[6] However, a certain Astynome, also called Chryseis, was said to be the wife of Eetion at that time. She was carried off by Achilles and later became the war prize of Agamemnon.^[7]

In the Greeks' raid on the city, they stole goods which included a horse named Pedasus, a musical instrument called a phorminx, as well as a disc which later featured in the funeral games in honour of Patroclus.^[8]

The author of Iliad was likely familiar with sources which related Achilles' raid upon the city.^[9]

Notes

^ Zimmerman, J. E. (1964). Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Harper & Row. p. 91.
^ Bloch, para. 2.
^ Bloch, para. 4.
^ Bloch, para. 2.
^ Homer, Iliad 6.414 ff.
^ Homer, Iliad 6.425–429
^ Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 2.17 & 2.19
^ Bloch, para. 2.
^ Bloch, para. 2.

References

Bloch, Rene, "Eetion", in Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 4, Cyr – Epy, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2004. ISBN 9004122672.
Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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. ISBN 978-0674995796. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[1] Zimmerman, J. E. (1964). Dictionary of Classical Mythology. New York: Harper & Row. p. 91.

[2] Bloch, para. 2.

[3] Bloch, para. 4.

[4] Bloch, para. 2.

[5] Homer, Iliad 6.414 ff.

[6] Homer, Iliad 6.425–429

[7] Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle 2.17 & 2.19

[8] Bloch, para. 2.

[9] Bloch, para. 2.

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