Echekles

Minor Spiritfolk-consensusAncient Greek epigraphyGreek mythographic traditionAtticaAnagyrousPlygonionAithea

Echekles is an attested ancient Greek personal name appearing in epigraphic records and later mythographic summaries. He is recorded as a property-holder in an inscription (Syll 610), listed among names on a choregic dedication (IG I3 969, ca. 440 BC), and in secondary mythographic compilations is named as husband of Polymele and stepfather who raised Eudoros.

Origin

Echekles does not have a mythic origin story in the supplied sources. In the documentary record he appears as a named individual within civic and local contexts: an owner or dedicatee in inscriptions (Syll 610 records 'The property of: Echekles of Plygonion In Aithea') and as one of the named members on a choragic dedication from the deme Anagyrous (IG I3 969, ca. 440 BC). Later secondary mythographic summaries present Echekles as the husband of Polymele who raised Eudoros as his own, but these narrative claims are given in modern summaries without primary-source citation in the provided excerpts.

Appearance

No physical description or iconography for Echekles is provided in the supplied sources. He is referenced solely by name in epigraphic listings and brief mythographic entries; the inscriptions record personal names in civic and property contexts but do not describe corporeal characteristics.

Abilities

The sources attribute no supernatural abilities or extraordinary powers to Echekles. His documented behaviours are social and civic: ownership or association with property (Syll 610), participation in a civic/religious dedication connected to dramatic chorus activity (IG I3 969), and, in later summaries, a familial role as husband to Polymele and stepfather/guardian to Eudoros.

Weaknesses & Wards

Weaknesses

  • other
    None attested

Wards

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    None attested
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Eudoros
Minor Spirit

Eudoros

Eudoros (Ancient Greek Εὔδωρος) is a Homeric heroic-age leader, the second of Achilles' five commanders in the Iliad. Presented as a demigod son of Hermes and the mortal Polymele, he commands a contingent of Myrmidons and is praised for speed and fighting skill.

Polymele
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Polymele

Polymele (Ancient Greek Πολυμήλη, also Polymede/Polymela/Polymede/Polypheme) is a name borne by multiple mortal women in Greek mythic genealogies; she appears in variant local traditions as daughter, wife, or mother of heroes and occasionally as a mortal beloved of a god. Her role is genealogical and narrative rather than supernatural.

Community Record

Sources
  1. [1]
    Syll 610 transcription (attalus). Syll. 610, transcribed on Attalus: 'The property of: Echekles of Plygonion In Aithea.'academic
  2. [2]
    IG I3 969 — Choregic dedication from Anagyrous. IG I3 969, choregic dedication listing 'Python, 5, Echekles Menalkes Philokrates Echyllos Meletos...' (dated ca. 440 BC in the inscription metadata).academic
  3. [3]
    IG I3 969 transcription/summary (atticinscriptions mirror). Transcription and summary of the choregic dedication from Anagyrous including Echekles among named chorus-members; contextual note: 'Sokrates dedicated this, Euripides was director...'.academic
  4. [4]
    Echekles — myths.uvic.ca entry. Mythographic summary entry: 'Echekles. Description: Married. Polymele. after birth of her son.'folk
  5. [5]
    Hermes / Mythagora summary (mentions Echekles in family narratives). Mythagora summary noting 'EChekles married Polymele and raised Eudoros as if he were his own.'folk
  6. [6]
    Wikipedia (Eudoros page; includes cross-reference to related names). Modern encyclopedia entry referenced among supplied materials; used here only as a supplied source pointer in the research notes.wiki
  7. [7]
    Wikidata: Echekles (Pauly-Wissowa reference). Wikidata entry linking to a Pauly-Wissowa notice referenced in the provided materials.other
  8. [8]
    Secret-Vault summary: Polymele. Modern web summary referencing Polymele and related family claims that include Echekles as husband in secondary tradition.folk
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