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The Great Archer Pandaros

With the success of Sarpedon and the Lycian warriors under
his command, the Trojan alliance blasted the Greeks from the
trenches. However, another Lycian hero changes the course
of the war. This valiant was the great archer Pandaros, son of
Lykaion.
Pandaros was a Lycian, but for many years he lived in Ze-
leie of Troy with other Lycians who had migrated there. Here,
when Sarpedon came with his army, Pandaros joined the army
of Sarpedon with his own soldiers. He used to shoot such an
arrow that Pandaros was equivalent to the Greek great archer
Teukros. This because the great archer Apollo of Lycia gave
him his bow. In this way, the Lycian warrior became famous in
the war. However, one day, upon Athena’s deception, he would
draw so much that his bow, the arrow that found its target, would
both change the course of the war and bring its end.

“…at their head is Pandaros, the famous son of Lycaon,
Apollo himself gave the broadcast to Pandaros.
When I left Lycia,
If the son of Zeus really drove me forward,
I don’t think it will hold up, this is a difficult read…”
(II. II, 824 vd.)

In the ninth year of the siege, the Greeks have now plundered
all the rich villages of Troy. Paris, who wants to put an end to
this bad course, proposes a duel to Helen’s husband, Mene-
laos. For the duel, the two armies meet for the first time in front
of Troy. According to the result, the winner of Helen will be de-
termined, and Menelaos is about to win this duel, which Athe-
na wants to prevent. Athena, disguised as son of Antenor, the
powerful pikeman Laodokos, goes to the Lycian great archer
Pandaros and seduces the hero. She says that if he wants to
gain fame in the eyes of the Trojans, he must shoot Menelaos
(Erhat 1996).

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