Echemus
Family: Arcadians · Role: son of Aeropus · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 41
Echemus, son of Aeropus, slew Hyllus in single combat at Megara in Book 1, Chapter 41; Hyllus was buried there. The account in Book 8 places their fight near the Isthmus of Corinth, during the Dorians’ return to the Peloponnese, and says Echemus beat him after being challenged.
After killing Hyllus, Echemus married Timandra, daughter of Tyndareus. Following Lycurgus’s death, he became king of the Arcadians; Agapenor later succeeded him and led the Arcadians to Troy. Ladocea was named from Ladocus, Echemus’s son.
Relationship record
Life events
- Echemus slew Hyllus in single combat, and Hyllus was buried at Megara.(Book 1 · Chapter 41 · 📍 Megara)
- With: Hyllus
- “Who this Echemus was that slew Hyllus I shall shew in another place, but Hyllus is buried at Megara.”
- Echemus defeated and slew Hyllus in single combat near the Isthmus of Corinth.(Book 8 · Chapter 5 · 📍 Isthmus of Corinth)
- With: Hyllus
- “In his reign the Dorians, who were returning to the Peloponnese under the leadership of Hyllus the son of Hercules, were beaten in battle by the Achæans near the Isthmus of Corinth, and Echemus slew Hyllus in single combat being challenged by him.”
- Timandra married Echemus after he killed Hyllus.(Book 8 · Chapter 5)
- With: Timandra
- “And according to the later tradition it would seem that Timandra, the daughter of Tyndareus, married Echemus after he had killed Hyllus.”
- Echemus fought Hyllus and defeated him.(Book 8 · Chapter 45)
- With: Hyllus
- “And when the Heraclidæ returned to the Peloponnese, Echemus of Tegea, the son of Aeropus, had a combat with Hyllus and beat him.”
Book 1 · Chapter 41
- parent: Aeropus (Parent-to-child.) “the Arcadian Echemus, the son of Aeropus”
- enemies with Hyllus (Echemus slew Hyllus.) “who fought in single combat with the Arcadian Echemus, the son of Aeropus”
Book 1 · Chapter 44
- rivals with Hyllus “where they say Hyllus the son of Hercules had a single combat with the Arcadian Echemus”
Book 8 · Chapter 5
- parent: Aeropus “Echemus, the son of Aeropus the son of Cepheus the son of Aleus, became king of the Arcadians.”
- enemies with Hyllus “the Dorians, who were returning to the Peloponnese under the leadership of Hyllus the son of Hercules, were beaten in battle by the Achæans near the Isthmus of Corinth, and Echemus slew Hyllus in single combat being challenged by him.”
- married with Timandra “And according to the later tradition it would seem that Timandra, the daughter of Tyndareus, married Echemus after he had killed Hyllus.”
- with Lycurgus (Echemus succeeded Lycurgus as king.) “And after the death of Lycurgus Echemus, the son of Aeropus the son of Cepheus the son of Aleus, became king of the Arcadians.”
- courtship with Timandra “Timandra, the daughter of Tyndareus, married Echemus after he had killed Hyllus.”
- with Agapenor (Agapenor succeeded Echemus as king.) “Agapenor, the son of Ancæus and grandson of Lycurgus, succeeded Echemus and led the Arcadians to Troy.”
Book 8 · Chapter 44
- child: Ladocus “called Ladocea from Ladocus the son of Echemus.”
Book 8 · Chapter 45
- parent: Aeropus “Echemus of Tegea, the son of Aeropus”
- with Hyllus (They fought in single combat.) “Echemus of Tegea, the son of Aeropus, had a combat with Hyllus and beat him”
- rivals with Hyllus “Echemus of Tegea, the son of Aeropus, had a combat with Hyllus and beat him”
Book 8 · Chapter 53
- with Hyllus (They fought one another.) “a representation on a pillar of the fight between Echemus and Hyllus”
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