Othryoneus (
Ancient Greek
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: Ὀθρυονεύς) is a character in
Greek mythology
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who was the intended husband for Princess
Cassandra
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of
Troy
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during the
Trojan War,
mentioned in one passage in Homer's ''
Iliad
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''.
Othryoneus was from Cabesos, a Homeric site over whose location there has been disagreements since ancient times, some sources suggesting a site in the
Troad self and others pointing at the very similar name of the ancient site of Kavissos, today near
Feres near
Evros. Othryoneus had taken part in the war in the sole purpose of marrying
King Priam's daughter, the "loveliest" according to Homer, and to which the King had assented. In the ''Iliad'', he is killed during the Battle of the Ships by
Idomeneus, in a passage in which he is cited as gleefully mocking him while Othryoneus is dying.
References
{{Characters in the Iliad
People of the Trojan War