Axylus

In Greek mythology, Axylus (Ancient Greek: Ἄξυλος) was a Trojan warrior who participated in the Trojan War.

Axylus was a wealthy and young man who came from the town of Arisbe, a city in the Troad.

He was killed by Diomedes during the siege of Troy.

This character was mentioned in Book VI of Homer's Iliad:Diomedes, expert in war cries, killed Axylus,son of Teuthranus, a rich man, from well-built Arisbe.People really loved him, for he lived beside a road,welcomed all passers-by into his home.But not one of those men he'd entertained now stoodin front of him, protecting him from wretched death.Diomedes took the lives of two men--Axylus,and his attendant Calesius, his charioteer.So both men went down into the underworld.

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