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In Greek mythology, Echemmon (/ɪˈkɛmən/ ih-KEM-ən; Ancient Greek: Ἐχέμμων or Ἐχέμμον) may refer to the following characters:

• Echemmon, a Trojan hero and son of King Priam of Troy. He was killed together with his brother Chromius by Diomedes, king of Argos, during the Trojan War. In another account, Echemmon and his brother Aretus, were instead slain by Odysseus.
• Echemmon, a friend of Thoas who was killed by Eurypylus of Mysia during the siege of Troy.

Notes

1. Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
2. Homer, Iliad 5.160
3. Dictys Cretensis, 4.7
4. Quintus Smyrnaeus, 6.580 ff.

References

• Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
• Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
• Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

• Set index articles on Greek mythology
• Achaeans (Homer)
• Trojans
• Princes in Greek mythology
• Children of Priam