In Greek mythology, Thersilochus () may refer to three different figures:
Thersilochus, the Trojan son of AntenorVirgil, Aeneid 6.484 and Theano. His siblings were Crino,Pausanias, 10.27.4 Acamas,Homer, Iliad 2.823, 11.60 & 12.100; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34 Agenor,Homer, Iliad 11.59, 21.545 & 579 Antheus,Tzetzes on Lycophron, 134 Archelochus,Homer, Iliad 2.823, 12.100 & 14.464; Apollodorus, Epitome 3.34 Coön,Homer, Iliad 11.248 & 256, 19.53 Demoleon,Homer, Iliad 20.395 Eurymachus,Pausanias, 10.27.3 Glaucus,Virgil, Aeneid 6.484; Apollodorus, Epitome 5.21; Dictys Cretensis, 4.7; Pausanias, 10.27.3 Helicaon,Homer, Iliad 3.123 Iphidamas,Homer, Iliad 11.221 & 261; Pausanias, 4.36.4 & 5.19.4 Laodamas,Homer, Iliad 15.516 Laodocus,Homer, Iliad 4.87 Medon and Polybus.Homer, Iliad 11.59 Thersilochus was slain by Achaean hero Achilles.Homer, Iliad 17.216 & 21.209 Later Aeneas met him in the Underworld.Virgil, Aeneid 6.483 Thersilochus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27 He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33 Thersilochus, a soldier in Aeneas' army. He was killed by Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.Virgil, Aeneid 12.363
Eponym 11509 Thersilochos, Jovian asteroid
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