In Book 6 of the Iliad, Andromache relates that
Achilles killed Eëtion and his seven sons in a raid on Thebe,[3] but in Book 17, Podes appears and is killed by
Menelaus.[4] This inconsistency on
Homer's part may be an implication that some traditions gave Eëtion eight sons.
His wife is never named, but Andromache relates that she was captured in the same raid in which Eëtion was killed, and died of sickness in Troy following her release.[5] However, a certain
Astynome, also called
Chryseis, was said to be the wife of Eetion at that time. She was carried off by
Achilles and later became the war prize of
Agamemnon.[6]