Echemus
mythological figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
Echemus son of Phegeus' son Eeropus
in the texts
The Histories
Legendary Tegean king who, according to the Tegeans' speech, killed Hyllus in single combat and thereby won Tegea the right to lead the army's second wing.
Then our general and king Echemus, son of Phegeus ' son Eeropus, volunteered and was chosen out of all the allied host;
Olympian
Legendary winner of wrestling at the first Olympic games, representing Tegea.
In wrestling, Echemus won glory for Tegea, And the prize in boxing was won by Doryclus, who lived in the city of Tiryns, And in the four-horse chariot the victor was Samos of Mantinea, the son of Halirhothius.