Editing Eetion (section)

== Mythology ==
In the first book of the ''[[Iliad]]'', he is described as the king of the city of [[Cilician Thebe]], in the region of [[Mysia]] in [[Anatolia]].<ref>Bloch, para. 2.</ref> In the sixth book of the ''Iliad'', Andromache tearily tells her husband of an attack which was mounted against Thebe by the Greeks. She relates that [[Achilles]] killed her father, Eetion, burning him to death, also murdering his seven sons.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 6.414 ff.</ref>

His wife is never named, but Andromache relates that she was captured in the same raid in which Eëtion was killed, though she later met her demise at the hands of [[Artemis]].<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 6.425–429</ref> However, a certain [[Astynome]], also called [[Chryseis]], was said to be the wife of Eetion at that time. She was carried off by [[Achilles]] and later became the war prize of [[Agamemnon]].<ref>[[Dictys Cretensis]], ''Trojan War Chronicle'' [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.17 2.17] & [https://topostext.org/work/152#2.19 2.19]</ref>

In the Greeks' raid on the city, they stole goods which included a horse named [[Pedasus]], a musical instrument called a [[phorminx]], as well as a disc which later featured in the [[funeral games]] in honour of [[Patroclus]].<ref>Bloch, para. 2.</ref>

The author of ''Iliad'' was likely familiar with sources which related Achilles' raid upon the city.<ref>Bloch, para. 2.</ref>