In Greek mythology, Agastrophus ( Ancient Greek: Ἀγάστροφος) is a

Paionian In antiquity, Paeonia or Paionia ( grc, Παιονία, Paionía) was the land and kingdom of the Paeonians or Paionians ( grc, Παίονες, Paíones). The exact original boundaries of Paeonia, like the early history of its inhabitants, a ...

"hero", "famed for his spear", fighting on the side of Troy in the Trojan War, killed by

Diomedes Diomedes (Jones, Daniel; Roach, Peter, James Hartman and Jane Setter, eds. ''Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary''. 17th edition. Cambridge UP, 2006.) or Diomede (; grc-gre, Διομήδης, Diomēdēs, "god-like cunning" or "advised by ...

. He was the son of Paeon and brother of

Laophoon In Greek mythology, Laophoon (; grc, Λαοφόων, Laophóon) is mentioned in Quintus Smyrnaeus' ''Posthomerica'', his epic poem, telling the story of the Trojan War, from the death of Hector to the fall of Troy.Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''Posthomerica ...

Mythology

Agastrophus' death comes about as the result of a lapse in judgment. Under the influence of '' Ate'', a kind of judgmental blindness, Agastrophus made the fatal mistake of leaving his chariot too far behind him, thus being unable to escape when he was wounded by Diomedes. After killing him Diomedes strips the "gleaming corselet of valiant Agastrophus from about his breast, and the shield from off his shoulder, and his heavy helm".Homer, ''Iliad'
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