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, Phereclus or Phereclos, son of Tecton, was the shipbuilder who constructed the boat that

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Meriones targeted Phereclos and killed him by ramming a spear into his right buttock. Phereclus was a target because he built Paris' ships, and he could make other contraptions of war. In the ''

Iliad The ''Iliad'' (; grc, Ἰλιάς, Iliás, ; "a poem about Ilium") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odysse ...

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Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

vividly illustrates Phereclus' death in book five:

Namesake

2357 Phereclos 2357 Phereclos is a large Jupiter trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 1 January 1981, by American astronomer Edward Bowell at the Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona, in the United States. The ...

, Jovian asteroid named after Phereclus

References

{{reflist, 30em, refs= {{cite book , title = Dictionary of Minor Planet Names – (2357) Phereclos , last = Schmadel , first = Lutz D. , publisher = Springer Berlin Heidelberg , page = 192 , date = 2007 , isbn = 978-3-540-00238-3 , doi = 10.1007/978-3-540-29925-7_2358 , chapter = (2357) Phereclos Shipwrights Trojans