Tros (mythology)

Tros
Eponym of Troad
Member of the Dardanian Royal Family
PredecessorErichthonius or Ilus I
SuccessorIlus II
AbodeTroy
Genealogy
Parents(1) Erichthonius and Astyoche
or (2) Ilus I
ConsortCallirhoe or Acallaris
ChildrenIlus II, Assaracus, Ganymede, Cleopatra and Cleomestra

In Greek mythology, Tros (/ˈtrɒs/; Ancient Greek: Τρώς, Ancient Greek: [trɔ́ːs]) was the founder of the kingdom of Troy, of which the city of Ilios, founded by his son Ilus took the same name, and the son of Erichthonius by Astyoche (daughter of the river god Simoeis)[1] or of Ilus I[citation needed], from whom he inherited the throne. Tros was the father of three sons: Ilus, Assaracus and Ganymede and two daughters, Cleopatra and Cleomestra.[2] He is the eponym of Troy, also named Ilion for his son Ilus. Tros's wife was said to be Callirrhoe, daughter of the river god Scamander,[3] or Acallaris, daughter of Eumedes.[4]

Another Tros was a Trojan warrior. According to Homer's Iliad, he is the son of the Lycian Alastor and he was slain by Achilles.[5]

  1. ^ Homer, Iliad 20.230; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29
  2. ^ Dictys Cretensis, 4.22
  3. ^ Scholiast on Homer's Iliad 20.231 who refers to Hellanicus as his authority; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 29
  4. ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.62.2
  5. ^ Homer, Iliad 20.462

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