Euphorbus was a handsome man described to have the loveliest locks among the curly-haired. He had a lot of gold bound into his braid of hair along with other ornaments around his head.[1]
Euphorbus wounded
Patroclus before the Achaean hero was killed by
Hector[4] or according to
Tzetzes, he was the second to strike Patroclus for the god Apollo was the first one.[5] In the fight for Patroclus' body, Euphorbus was killed by
Menelaus.[6] He was apparently one of Troy's finest warriors. Menelaus later took Euphorbus' shield to the temple of
Hera in
Argos. There are some accounts that claim that it was Euphorbus, not
Aeneas,
Cycnus or
Hector, that killed
Protesilaus.
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book II-IV translated by Gary Berkowitz from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
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