Everything about Scamander totally explained
In
Greek mythology,
Scamander (
Skamandros) was a river god, son of
Oceanus and
Tethys according to
Hesiod. Scamander is also thought of as the river god, son of Zeus. By
Idaea, he fathered
King Teucer.
Scamander fought on the side of the
Trojans during the
Trojan War (
Iliad XX, 73/74; XXI). Scamander was also said to have fought against
Achilles, who was only saved due to the intervention of
Hera,
Athena and
Hephaestus. In this context, he's the personification of the
Scamander River that flowed from
Mount Ida across the plain beneath the city of
Troy, joining the
Hellespont north of the city. The
Achaeans, according to
Homer, had set up their camp near its mouth, and their battles with the Trojans were fought on the plain of Scamander.
According to
Homer, he was called
Xanthos by gods and Scamander by men, which might indicate that the former name refers to the god and the latter one to the river itself.
In
Iliad XXI he tried to drown
Achilles after being mocked by him, but was stopped by
Hera and
Hephaestus.
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