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Thracian sword taken from Asteropaeus

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Canonical name
Thracian sword taken from Asteropaeus
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Editorial note
Provenance-specific silver-inlaid prize awarded to Diomed.

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Claims

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·Reported

Achilles offered Asteropaeus’s silver-inlaid Thracian sword as the first-blood prize.

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“this goodly Thracian sword inlaid with silver, which I took from Asteropaeus”

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·Direct
“this goodly Thracian sword inlaid with silver, which I took from Asteropaeus”
·Direct
“Achilles then gave the great sword to the son of Tydeus, with its scabbard, and the leathern belt”

Passage preview

Book 23 · Passage 58

Then the son of Peleus brought out the spear, helmet and shield that had been borne by Sarpedon, and were taken from him by Patroclus. He stood up and said among the Argives, ‘We bid two champions put on their armour, take their keen blades, and make trial of one another in the presence of the multitude; whichever of them can first wound the flesh of the other, cut through his armour, and draw blood, to him will I give this goodly Thracian sword inlaid with silver, which I took from Asteropaeus, but the armour let both hold in partnership, and I will give each of them a hearty meal in my own tent.’