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Archelochus
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Archilochus, a son of Antenor skilled in all arts of war, shares Dardanian command with Aeneas and Acamas.
“The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Venus bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida. He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archilochus and Acamas, both skilled in all the arts of war.”
Archelochus is one of Antenor’s two sons in Aeneas’s company, both versed in all the arts of war.
“the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas, men well versed in all the arts of war”
Archelochus is struck where head joins neck; both rear tendons are severed and his head, mouth, and nostrils hit ground before his legs and knees.
“the spear struck Archelochus son of Antenor, for heaven counselled his destruction; it struck him where the head springs from the neck at the top joint of the spine, and severed both the tendons at the back of the head. His head, mouth, and nostrils reached the ground long before his legs and knees could do so”
Archelochus’s body is bestrode by his brother Acamas and becomes the object Promachus tries to drag away.
“his brother’s body and wounded Promachus the Boeotian with his spear, for he was trying to drag his brother’s body away”
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“Archilochus”
“Archelochus son of Antenor”