Editing Cebriones

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Cebriones''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Κεβριόνης, ''Kebriones'') was the illegitimate [[List of children of Priam|son]] of King [[Priam]] of [[Troy]] and a slave.<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' [https://topostext.org/work/206#90 90]</ref><ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], 3.12.5</ref>

== Mythology ==
In the ''[[Iliad]]'', he was the half-brother of [[Hector]] and his final charioteer during the [[Trojan War]]. Along with Hector and [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]], he was part of the division that finally breached the Argive wall.  [[Patroclus]], the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaean]] warrior, killed him by throwing a "shining stone," hitting him in the forehead and knocking his eyes out of his head.  The force of the blow flung him from Hector's chariot, leading Patroclus to remark that with his great "diving" ability, he could have satisfied many by diving for oysters in the "storming sea".<ref>Homer. ''[[Iliad]]'' 11.521, 12.91 & 16.727</ref>

Cebriones was also the name of a giant featured in the [[Gigantomachy]] and mentioned in Artistophanes' play ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]''.

==See also==
* [[List of children of Priam]]

==Notes==
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==References==
*[[Gaius Julius Hyginus]], ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
*[[Homer]], [[Iliad|''The Iliad'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital xLibrary.]
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
*[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Pseudo-Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].

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[[Category:Trojans]]
[[Category:Children of Priam]]
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