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Schedius

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Canonical name
Schedius
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Individual
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Aliases

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son of noble Iphitus

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Claims

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·Direct

Schedius, son of Perimedes and leader of the Phoceans, is killed by Hector.

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Hector then killed Schedius son of Perimedes, leader of the Phoceans
·Direct

Hector’s spear misses Ajax and pierces Schedius below the collarbone through to the shoulder blade; he falls heavily with rattling armour.

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Hector then took aim at Ajax with a spear, but he saw it coming and just managed to avoid it; the spear passed on and struck Schedius son of noble Iphitus, captain of the Phoceans, who dwelt in famed Panopeus and reigned over much people; it struck him under the middle of the collar-bone the bronze point went right through him, coming out at the bottom of his shoulder-blade, and his armour rang rattling round him as he fell heavily to the ground.

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Schedius
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Hector then killed Schedius son of Perimedes
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Schedius son of noble Iphitus

Passage preview

Book 2 · Passage 36

The Phoceans were led by Schedius and Epistrophus, sons of mighty Iphitus the son of Naubolus. These were they that held Cyparissus, rocky Pytho, holy Crisa, Daulis, and Panopeus; they also that dwelt in Anemorea and Hyampolis, and about the waters of the river Cephissus, and Lilaea by the springs of the Cephissus; with their chieftains came forty ships, and they marshalled the forces of the Phoceans, which were stationed next to the Boeotians, on their left.