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Podes

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Canonical name
Podes
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None
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Character
Scope
Individual
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Aliases

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son of Eetion

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Location presence

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Claims

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·Direct

Podes, rich and valiant son of Eetion and Hector’s highly honoured boon companion, turns in flight, is pierced through the girdle by Menelaus, and falls heavily.

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“Podes, son of Eetion, who was both rich and valiant. Hector held him in the highest honour for he was his comrade and boon companion; the spear of Menelaus struck this man in the girdle just as he had turned in flight, and went right through him. Whereon he fell heavily forward”
·Reported

Disguised Apollo identifies Podes as Hector’s true comrade and a brave foremost fighter slain by Menelaus.

See evidence text
“your own true comrade, a man brave among the foremost, Podes son of Eetion.”

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Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

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·Direct
“Podes, son of Eetion”

Passage preview

Book 17 · Passage 37

Minerva was pleased at his having named herself before any of the other gods. Therefore she put strength into his knees and shoulders, and made him as bold as a fly, which, though driven off will yet come again and bite if it can, so dearly does it love man’s blood—even so bold as this did she make him as he stood over Patroclus and threw his spear. Now there was among the Trojans a man named Podes, son of Eetion, who was both rich and valiant. Hector held him in the highest honour for he was his comrade and boon companion; the spear of Menelaus struck this man in the girdle just as he had turned in flight, and went right through him. Whereon he fell heavily forward, and Menelaus son of Atreus drew off his body from the Trojans into the ranks of his own people.