In Greek mythology, Areilycus (Ancient Greek: Ἀρηίλυκος) was the name of two mythical personages in Homer's Iliad

  • Areilycus, one was the father of Archesilaus and Prothoenor. He is more commonly known as Archilycus.[1]
  • Areilycus, son of Menoetius, who was wounded in the thigh while fleeing by Patroclus. The spear broke Areilycus's bone, and the text strongly implies that Areilycus dies from his wound.[2] Areilycus is frequently referenced as one character in the Iliad whose death does not have any metaphor or symbolism about it, and whose involvement in the narrative seems to be a plain description of action.[3][4][5]

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  1. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.7; Hyginus, Fabulae 97
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad 14.451 & 16.308
  3. ^ Felton, D. (2016). "Thigh wounds in Homer and Vergil: Cultural reality and literary metaphor". In Park, Arum (ed.). Resemblance and Reality in Greek Thought: Essays in Honor of Peter M. Smith. Routledge Monographs in Classical Studies. Taylor & Francis. p. 246. ISBN 9781317355342. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  4. ^ Friedrich, Wolf Hartmut (2003). Wounding & Death in the Iliad: Homeric Techniques of Description. Duckworth Overlook. p. 133. ISBN 9780715629833. Retrieved 2018-01-14.
  5. ^ Felton, D. (2014). "The Motif of the "Mutilated Hero" in Herodotus". Phoenix. 68 (1/2). Classical Association of Canada: 47–61. doi:10.7834/phoenix.68.1-2.0047. S2CID 155316688.

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  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSchmitz, Leonhard (1870). "Areilycus". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. p. 275.