Rhesus- Greek HeroHero"King of Thrace"

Also known as: Ῥῆσος and Rhesos

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Titles & Epithets

King of Thrace

Domains

kingshipwarfare

Symbols

white horses

Description

Thracian king and son of the river-god Strymon who arrived at Troy with white horses and a fresh army. Odysseus and Diomedes killed him that same night in a raid on his sleeping camp. Apollodorus names his mother as Euterpe; the Rhesus, as Calliope.

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