Pedasus

 ( Trojans ) 

Pedasus (Ancient Greek: Πήδασος) has been identified with several personal and place names in Greek history and Greek mythology.

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Persons In Homer Iliad, Pedasus was the name of a Troy warrior, and the son of the naiads Abarbarea and human Bucolion. His twin brother was Aesepus; both were slain by Euryalus, the son of Mecisteus, during the Trojan War.Homer, Iliad 6.29

In Homer Iliad, Pedasus was also the name of a swift horse taken as booty by Achilles when he killed Eetion.Homer, Iliad 16.130 This horse was killed by a spear during a duel between Patroclus and Sarpedon.Homer, Iliad 16.462

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Places Pedasus (Caria): In Caria, according to Herodotus, the Battle of Pedasus (Summer of 496 BCE) was a night ambush where the Carians annihilated a Persian army.Herodotus, 5.121 This engagement occurred during the Ionian Revolt (499-494 BCE).

Pedasus (Messenia): In Peloponnese, Methone has been identified with the vine-covered Pedasus, one of the seven cities offered by Agamemnon to Achilles to quell his rage and to persuade him to return to the Siege of Troy.Homer, Iliad 9.141 & 283

Pedasus (Mysia): In the Troad, there was another Pedasus on the Satnioeis river,Homer, Iliad 6.29 said to be inhabited by a tribe called the Leleges.Homer, Iliad 21.64 During the Trojan War, this Pedasus was ruled over by a certain king named Altes.Homer, Iliad 6.29 This city was sacked by Achilles.Homer, Iliad 20.86

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Notes

• Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. . Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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