Akamas
mythological figure · 1 work · 6 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Akamas son of Eussoros · young Akamas
in the texts
Iliad
Name shared by two Trojan-allied commanders in the muster: a son of Antenor accompanying Aeneas, and a separate leader of the Thracian contingent.
He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archilokhos and Akamas, both skilled in all the arts of war.
Akamas and the warrior Peirous commanded the Thracians and those that came from beyond the mighty stream of the Hellespont.
First, Ajax son of Telamon, tower of strength to the Achaeans, broke a phalanx of the Trojans, and came to the assistance of his comrades by killing Akamas son of Eussoros, the best man among the Thracians, being both brave and of great stature.