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	Schulers Books (The Iliad of Homer - 50/61)
		Meanwhile the son of Peleus with his far-shadowing spear leapt, fain to slay him, upon Asteropaios son of Pelegon, whom wide-flowing Axios begat of Periboia eldest of the daughters of Akessamenos.
		Upon him set Achilles, and Asteropaios stood against him from the river, holding two spears; for Xanthos put courage into his heart, being angered for the slaughtered youths whom Achilles was slaughtering along the stream and had no pity on them.
		Then in his turn Achilles hurled on Asteropaios his straight-flying ash, fain to have slain him, but missed the man and struck the high bank, and quivering half its length in the bank he left the ashen spear.
	www.schulers.com /books/ho/i/The_Iliad_of_Homer/The_Iliad_of_Homer50.htm (1647 words)

	Greek Mythology: AXIUS AXIOS River God of Paeonia & Macedonia
		"Asteropaios the son of Pelegon; who in turn was born of the wide-running river Axios, and of Periboia, eldest of the daughters of Akessamenos, for she lay in love with the deep-whirling river.
		[Asteropaios:] 'I am from Paionia far away, where the soil is generous..
		For my generation, it is from the broad waters of Axios, Axios, who floods the land with the loveliest waters.
	www.theoi.com /Potamos/PotamosAxios.html (450 words)

	Sarpedon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He fought on the side of the Trojans, with his cousin Glaukos, during the Trojan War becoming one of Troy's greatest allies and heroes.
		When the Trojans attacked the newly built wall by the Greeks, Sarpedon led his division (Which also included Glaukos and Asteropaios) to the forefront of the battle and caused Ajax and Teucer to shift their attention from Hector's attack, to that of Sarpedon's forces.
		He personally held up the battlements and was the first to enter the Greek encampment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sarpedon (751 words)

	Asteropaios
		the waters unsympathetically with dead bodies, including one of Priam's sons Lycaon angering the river god greatly who in turn encouraged Asteropaios to make a stand against Achilleus.
		Achilleus and Asteropaios meet in one on one combat and after breif introductions Asteropaios threw two spears at the same time at Achilleus.
		When he failed to kill Achilleus with his spears Achilleus quickly overwhelmed him with strength, however even when Asteropaios was down and knew his fate he still tried to break Achilleus' famed Pelian spear though ultimatly failed and died at Achilleus' he had only lived eleven days in the war.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Asteropaios.html (397 words)

	Rivers in Greek Mythology * The Immortals * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
		21.194...Akhilleus (Achilles) tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that someone descended from a river does not have a chance against his spear because he is descended from Zeus; he says that not even the river Akheloios (Achelous) would dare stand against Zeus
		21.157...As Asteropaios (Asteropaeus) is facing Akhilleus (Achilles) in battle, he says that he is the grandson of Axios (Axius)
		21.195...Akhilleus (Achilles) tells the Trojan, Asteropaios (Asteropaeus), that someone descended from a river does not have a chance against his spear because he is descended from Zeus; he says that not even the river Akheloios (Achelous) would dare stand against Zeus
	www.messagenet.com /myths/bios/rivers.html (2480 words)

	Martin Mueller, page 100
		The simple statement of a relationship can also serve as a motive: Agamemnon kills a companion of Aeneas, whereupon Aeneas kills Krethon and Orsilochos 5.533.
		The two motivations appear together when Aeneas kills Leiokritos, ‘the good companion of Lykomedes’, Lykomedes ‘pities’ his fall and kills the companion of Asteropaios, whose death moves Asteropaios to an unsuccessful attack 17.344.
		Grief and anger are more common than pity.
	www.stoa.org /hopper/text.jsp?doc=Stoa:text:2003.01.0002:id=r100 (539 words)

	OUTLINE: March 11 Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Book 21: Achilles' killing of Lykaon and the negation of pity
		Book 21: Achilles' killing of Asteropaios and the pointlessness of genealogy
		Book 21: Does the choked river Skamander want revenge for nature against the war and killing choking his streams (pp.
	www1.union.edu /~wareht/mythol/lecture_il3.html (598 words)

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