Character · Individual

Asius

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Canonical name: Asius
Disambiguator: None
Kind: Character
Scope: Individual
Editorial note: No editorial note published.

Aliases

son of Hyrtacus

Descriptive reference · Direct

Location presence

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Arisbe1 observation

·Direct

Asius’s steeds had carried him from Arisbe.

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“Asius, the son of Hyrtacus, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe”

gates of the Achaean wall1 observation

·Direct

Asius drives to and arrives at the open gates of the Achaean wall.

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“Hither he drove and found the gates with their doors opened wide, and the great bar down—for the gatemen kept them open so as to let those of their comrades enter who might be flying towards the ships. Hither of set purpose did he direct his horses”

Claims

·Direct

Asius is a brave commander carried from Arisbe by his powerful dark-bay steeds of the breed from the Selleis.

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“They that dwelt about Percote and Practius, with Sestos, Abydos, and Arisbe—these were led by Asius, son of Hyrtacus, a brave commander—Asius, the son of Hyrtacus, whom his powerful dark bay steeds, of the breed that comes from the river Selleis, had brought from Arisbe.”

·Direct

Asius joins the third company, borne from Arisbe by his great black horses of the Selleis breed.

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“with them was the hero Asius—Asius, the son of Hyrtacus, whose great black horses of the breed that comes from the river Selleis had brought him from Arisbe”

·Direct

In foolhardiness Asius keeps his horses and esquire for the advance and is foretold to die by Idomeneus’s spear before returning to Ilius in his chariot.

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“Asius, son of Hyrtacus, would not leave his horses and his esquire behind him; in his foolhardiness he took them on with him towards the ships, nor did he fail to come by his end in consequence. Nevermore was he to return to wind-beaten Ilius, exulting in his chariot and his horses; ere he could do so, death of ill-omened name had overshadowed him and he had fallen by the spear of Idomeneus the noble son of Deucalion”

·Direct

Asius comes on foot before his closely following horses to defend the body, but is pierced through the throat and falls before his chariot and team.

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“Asius came up to protect the body, on foot, in front of his horses which his esquire drove so close behind him that he could feel their breath upon his shoulder. He was longing to strike down Idomeneus, but ere he could do so Idomeneus smote him with his spear in the throat under the chin, and the bronze point went clean through it. He fell as an oak, or poplar, or pine which shipwrights have felled for ship’s timber upon the mountains with whetted axes—even thus did he lie full length in front of his chariot and horses, grinding his teeth and clutching at the bloodstained dust.”

·Direct

Asius lies slain near the Achaean sterns.

See evidence text

“Adamas son of Asius, and Asius son of Hyrtacus; living, indeed, and scatheless he could no longer find them, for the two last were lying by the sterns of the Achaean ships, slain by the Argives”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

·Direct

“Asius”

·Direct

“Asius came up to protect the body”

·Disguised

“in the likeness of a young and lusty warrior Asius”

·Disguised

“Phaenops son of Asius”