Automedon
mythological figure · 1 work · 7 mentions · 18 anchored passages
Automedon son of Diores
in the texts
Iliad
Attendant who assists Achilles in preparing the meal for the envoys.
Automedon held the meat while Achilles chopped it;
Automedon therefore yoked the fleet horses Xanthos and Balios, steeds that could fly like the wind:
In front of them all two men put on their armor - Patroklos and Automedon - two men, with but one mind to lead the Myrmidons.