Areithous

In Greek mythology, the name Areithous (Ancient Greek: Ἀρηΐθοος) may refer to:

  • Areithous, King of Arne in Boeotia, and husband of Philomedusa, by whom he had a son Menesthius.[1] He is called in the Iliad the "club-bearer" (korynetes), because he fought with no other weapon but an iron club. He fell by the hand of Lycurgus of Arcadia, who drove him into a narrow defile, where he could not make use of his club. His armor was later worn by Lycurgus and then by Ereuthalion.[2] The tomb of Areithous was shown in Arcadia as late as the time of Pausanias.[3]
  • Areithous, a defender of Troy, squire and charioteer of the Thracian Rhigmus. Both Areithous and Rhigmus were killed by Achilles in the battle: he smote them with his spear.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Homer, Iliad, 7. 8 ff
  2. ↑ Homer, Iliad, 7. 136 ff
  3. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece. 8. 11. 4
  4. ↑ Homer, Iliad, 20. 484 - 489
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