Tenes
Prince of Colonae and first ruler of Tenedos, killed by Achilles despite his divine protection by Apollo.
The Legend of Tenes
Tenes was the son of Cycnus (king of Colonae in the Troad) and either a mortal mother or the Muse Calliope. He was falsely accused by his stepmother Philonome of attempting to seduce her — the standard Potiphar's wife narrative — and his father believed the lie and cast Tenes and his sister Hemithea adrift in a chest. They washed up on the island later named Tenedos in Tenes's honor. He became its ruler and a man of exceptional virtue and piety. When the Greek fleet stopped at Tenedos on the way to Troy, Thetis had warned Achilles specifically not to kill Tenes, because Apollo would avenge his death. Achilles, seeing a beautiful youth throwing rocks at the Greek ships, killed him before recognizing who he was. In some versions he killed Tenes' father Cycnus immediately afterward, who had come to his son's aid. Apollo did indeed avenge Tenes: the god guided Paris's arrow into Achilles' heel.
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