Echetlus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Echetlus (Ancient Greek: Ἔχετλος, "He of the Plough-tail") may refer to:

Echetlus or Echetlaeus, an ancient Athenian mythical hero of the Battle of Marathon.Pausanias, Description of Greece 1.32.5 Echetlus, one of the defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was stabbed to death in the back by a certain Tagus while he was sleeping drunk among other Thebans surrounding the Argive camp after the death of the seer Amphiaraus, one of the leaders of the attackers.Statius, Thebaid 10.296

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