Antimachos
Trojan elder who was bribed by Paris to argue against returning Helen to the Greeks
The Legend of Antimachos
Antimachos was a Trojan elder and member of the council of Troy who played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in prolonging the war. When the Greeks sent Menelaus and Odysseus as ambassadors to demand Helen's return before the war began, Antimachos was the most vocal opponent of giving her back. Homer reveals that Paris had bribed Antimachos with gold and gifts to take this position. Antimachos even proposed that the ambassadors should be killed rather than heard, a violation of the sacred laws of hospitality. His two sons, Pisander and Hippolochus, later encountered Agamemnon on the battlefield and begged for mercy, offering their father's wealth as ransom. But Agamemnon, knowing of Antimachos's treachery, killed them both without pity, declaring that their father's crimes had sealed their fate.
Parents
None recorded
Children
Pisander, Hippolochus
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Fun Fact
Antimachos's sons tried to buy their lives with their father's bribe money but Agamemnon killed them for his treachery
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