Who was the mother of Tlepolemus according to Homer?
Homer insisted in the Iliad that the mother of Tlepolemus was Astyoche, daughter of Phylas. This account contradicts other ancient writers who named his mother as Astydameia or Astygeneia.
Homer insisted in the Iliad that the mother of Tlepolemus was Astyoche, daughter of Phylas. This account contradicts other ancient writers who named his mother as Astydameia or Astygeneia.
Tlepolemus fled to Rhodes after killing Licymnius during a struggle where he beat a servant and struck the aged uncle fatally. Pindar argued this death was intentional while the Bibliotheca described it as an accident, but both accounts forced him into exile.
Tlepolemus divided the island of Rhodes into three parts to establish new settlements called Cameirus, Ialysus, and Lindus. Homer recorded these three cities in the Iliad as Lindos, Ialysus, and shining Cameirus.
Tlepolemus led a force consisting of nine ships to the conflict at Troy because he was bound by the oath sworn by Tyndareus. He joined the Greek allies against Troy despite his history with Heracles and his family.
Sarpedon slew Tlepolemus in return for wounding him during their duel on the battlefield. The hero attacked Sarpedon after taunting the Lycian prince about his lineage from Zeus.