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Lycophron

Mortal man

In Greek mythology, Lycophron ( LY-kə-fron; Ancient Greek: Λυκόφρων, romanized: Lukóphrōn, lit. 'wolf-minded') is a squire of Ajax the Greater during the Trojan War.

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A. T. Murray, Loeb Classical Library, Harvard University Press, 1924 · Homer, Iliad with an English Translation · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

“him he missed, but Lycophron, Mastor's son, a squire of Aias from Cythera, who dwelt with him, for that he had slain a man in sacred Cythera—him Hector smote upon the head above the ear with the sharp bronze, even as he stood near Aias, and backward in the dust”
Il. 15.430–434

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Mastor father of LycophronMortal man
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him he missed, but Lycophron, Mastor's son, a squire of Aias from Cythera, who dwelt with him, for that he had slain a man in sacred Cythera—him Hector smote upon the head above the ear with the sharp bronze, even as he stood near Aias, and backward in the dust
Il. 15.430

Il. 15.430

Ajax the GreatMortal man
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him he missed, but Lycophron, Mastor's son, a squire of Aias from Cythera, who dwelt with him, for that he had slain a man in sacred Cythera—him Hector smote upon the head above the ear with the sharp bronze, even as he stood near Aias, and backward in the dust
Il. 15.431

Il. 15.431

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