person
Amphimachus (son of Nomion)
Amphimachus
also: Ἀμφίμαχος
Carian co-leader in the Catalogue of Ships, son of Nomion, who went to war 'wearing gold, like a girl' — a vanity the poet says did not save him from destruction.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.441 Amphimachus
A Carian co-leader in the Catalogue of Ships, son of Nomion; the poet notes he went to war 'wearing gold, like a girl,' a vanity that did not save him from Achilles.