Editing Eetion

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{{about|the father of Andromache}}
{{Other uses|Eetion (mythology)}}
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Eëtion''' or '''Eetion''' ({{IPAc-en|i|'|iː|t|i|.|ɒ|n}};<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/dictionary-of-classical-mythology/page/90/mode/2up |page=91 |title=Dictionary of Classical Mythology|first=J. E. |last=Zimmerman |publisher=Harper & Row |location=New York |year=1964}}</ref> {{langx|grc|Ἠετίων|Ēetíōn}} {{IPA|el|ɛː.e.tí.ɔːn|}}) is the king of the [[Anatolia]]n city of [[Cilician Thebe]]. He is said to be the father of [[Andromache]], the wife of the Trojan prince [[Hector]]. In the sixth book of the ''[[Iliad]]'', Andromache tells her husband that a raid took place upon Thebe, in which [[Achilles]] murdered her father and his seven sons.

== Family ==
Eetion is described as the father of [[Andromache]], who becomes the wife of the Trojan prince [[Hector]], as well as seven sons.<ref>Bloch, para. 2.</ref> Homer also mentions a figure named Eetion who is the father of [[Podes]].<ref>Bloch, para. 4.</ref>

== 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>

==Notes==
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== References ==
* Bloch, Rene, "Eetion", in ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity, Volume 4'', Cyr &ndash; Epy, edited by Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider, Brill, 2004. {{ISBN|9004122672}}.
* [[Dictys Cretensis]]'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and [[Dares Phrygius|Dares the Phrygian]]'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Gaius Julius Hyginus|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. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]

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