Patroklos

Japanese: Patroklos

…After he reached adulthood, he went to Troy, ignoring his mother's warning that he would die young if he went to war, and performed brilliantly, but in the tenth year of the war, he abandoned the battle due to a dispute with the commander-in-chief Agamemnon over a captured female slave, and nearly defeated his allies. However, when his best friend Patroklos was killed in battle, he took up arms again and avenged his friend by killing the enemy commander Hector. He went on to kill Penthesilea, queen of the Amazons, and Memnon, son of Eos, the goddess of dawn, but was killed by an arrow shot to the heel by the Trojan prince Paris. …

From Hector

…Father of Astyanax. He was not only brave but also a great general who understood human nature and served his country well, but in the tenth year of the war, he killed Patroclus, who had gone to battle in place of Achilles, the greatest hero of the Greek army. Achilles was inspired by the death of his best friend, but he was defeated in single combat and killed in battle. His body was dragged by a chariot to Achilles' camp, where it was left exposed to the elements for more than ten days, after which it was redeemed by Priam for an enormous ransom.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…成人後，出征すれば早世する運命にあるとの母親の警告をふりきってトロイアに渡り，めざましい働きを示したものの，戦争の10年目に，捕虜の女奴隷をめぐる総大将アガメムノンとの争いがもとで戦闘を放棄，味方を敗北寸前にまで追い込んだ。しかし親友パトロクロスPatroklosの戦死を機に再び武器をとり，敵の総大将ヘクトルを討って友の仇を報じた。彼はさらにアマゾン族の女王ペンテシレイア，曙の女神エオスの子メムノン等を討ったが，トロイア王子パリスに矢をかかとに射かけられて落命したという。…

【ヘクトル】より

…アステュアナクスAstyanaxの父。彼はたんに勇敢なばかりか，情理をもわきまえた名将としてよく祖国防衛の任にあたったが，戦争の10年目に，ギリシア軍最大の英雄アキレウスの身代りに出陣したパトロクロスPatroklosを討ち取ったため，親友の死に奮起したアキレウスとの一騎打ちに敗れて戦死した。その死体は戦車に引きずられてアキレウスの陣屋に運ばれ，10日余も野ざらしにされたあと，莫大な身代金でプリアモスに贖（あがな）われた。…

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