Caletor appears within the Homeric and later Greek epic tradition as a mortal name found in the Trojan War narratives. One Caletor is presented as a Trojan defender, son of Clytius and brother of Procleia, who takes part in the assault on the Achaean ships; another is recorded in the epic genealogical record as the father of the Achaean Aphareus. These attestations come from Homeric passages and later classical commentaries and indices that record named participants and patronymics in the Iliadic cycle.
Surviving textual references provide no sustained physical portrait; sources emphasize Caletor's actions and fate in battle rather than bodily detail. In classical visual tradition, the Capitoline Tabula iliaca includes a relief scene in which Caletor is identified among fallen combatants—depicted as a slain warrior—though no individualized physical description is supplied in the literary sources.
The sources attribute ordinary martial capacities to the name-bearers: one Caletor is explicitly recorded attempting to set fire to Protesilaus's ship during the Trojan assault on the Achaean fleet and is killed by Ajax in the episode; the other functions as a patronymic anchor as father of Aphareus. No supernatural powers or extraordinary abilities are ascribed in the provided materials.
Weaknesses
- conditionmortal vulnerability (killed in battle)
Wards
None recorded.
Acessamenus
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Achaeans (Homer)
In Homeric epic, 'the Achaeans' (Ancient Greek: Ἀχαιοί, Akhaioí) is a collective ethnonym used to refer to the Greek peoples as a single grouped human contingent—the army of Greeks in the Trojan War narratives such as the Iliad and the Odyssey. The term functions as a poetic designation for human actors within the moral, social, and military universe of Homeric poetry rather than as a supernatural class of beings.
Aeolus
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Agamemnon
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Agelaus
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Agenor of Argos
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Amphimachus of Caria
A mortal Homeric leader: son of Nomion and co-captain (with his brother Nastes) of the Carian contingent allied with Troy in the Trojan War tradition. Attested in Homeric catalogue material and later commentary; sources record a variant tradition in which one of Nomion's sons was slain and stripped of gold by Achilles, with disagreement over whether that was Amphimachus or Nastes.
Amymone
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Antiphus
Antiphus (Ancient Greek Ἄντιφος) is a personal name borne by several mortal men in Greek myth and epic traditions rather than a single supernatural being. Multiple figures named Antiphus appear in genealogies and narratives as princes, warriors, companions of heroes, colonists, and victims in the heroic age (generation of Heracles, the Trojan War, and the Odyssey).
Arete
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Ate
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Bebryces
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- [2]Person: Caletor (Trojan defender). UVic Myth Index entry distinguishing Caletor as a Trojan defender and son of Clytius.literary
- [3]Person: Caletor (father of Aphareus). UVic Myth Index entry identifying a Caletor as father of Aphareus in epic patronymic records.literary
- [4]The Iliad (indices and passages referencing Caletor). Iliad indices and cited lines linking Caletor to passages concerning the assault on the ships and patronymic references (e.g. catalogue entries and book references).literary
- [5]Aeneas in Iliad XIII (discussion referencing Aphareus son of Caletor). Passage summaries noting Aphareus as son of Caletor in the context of Iliad Book XIII combat narratives.academic
- [6]The Capitoline Tabula iliaca (relief identification). Discussion of the Tabula iliaca relief program which identifies a scene where 'Caletor, slain by Ajax, lies dead at Hector's feet' as part of the depicted Iliadic tableau.other
- [7]Caletor | Facts, Information, and Mythology. Summary entry consolidating classical references to Caletor as Trojan defender and as father of Aphareus.wiki