Eetion
Also known as: King Eetion / king Eetion · Family: unknown · Role: king and Andromache's father · First appears: Book I · Part 1
Eetion is Andromache’s father; in Book I, Andromache is described as “the stately child / Of king Eetion.” In Book IV, Achilles is said to have killed Eetion at Thebes. After the chariot race, Thetis gave Menelaus a golden cup that had belonged to Eetion, before Achilles sacked Thebes.
Relationship record
Life events
- After the chariot race, Thetis gave Menelaus a golden cup once belonging to Eetion, before Achilles sacked Thebes.(Book IV · Part 4)
Book I · Part 1
- child: Andromache “But when Andromache, the stately child Of king Eetion, heard the wild queen's vaunt,”
Book IV · Part 1
- with Achilles (interaction) “The glorious hero; how he voyaged and smote Twelve cities; how he marched o'er leagues on leagues Of land, and spoiled eleven; how he slew Telephus and Eetion's might renowned In Thebe; how his spear laid Cyenus low,”
Book IV · Part 4
- with Menelaus (interaction) “Gave him a golden cup, the chief possession Once of Eetion the godlike;”
- with Achilles (interaction) “Once of Eetion the godlike; ere Achilles spoiled the far-famed burg of Thebes.”
Book XIII · Part 2
- child: Andromache “That shrieking daughter of King Eetion.”
- with Achilles (interaction) “For Peleus' son smote down my noble father In Thebe, and in Troy mine husband slew,”
Book XIV · Part 1
- with Achilles (They fought.) “The War's Story in their eager ears He sang--how leagued peoples gathering met At hallowed Aulis--how the invincible strength Of Peleus' son smote fenced cities twelve In sea-raids, how he marched o'er leagues on leagues Of land, and spoiled eleven--all he wrought In fight with Telephus and Eetion--”
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Extracted from the original text of The Fall of Troy. Made with Rho MD.