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250: 87:, but she rejected all his advances. Desperate, he laid a snare for her and tried to take her by force, but she defended herself so vigorously that he got enraged and pushed her off a cliff into the sea; alternately, she leaped off the cliff herself, preferring to die rather than give up her chastity. 94:
and his troops. Trambelus was among the defenders of the island and was mortally wounded in the battle. Achilles, impressed by his valor, inquired of his name; Trambelus managed to answer before he died. On realizing that the fallen opponent was his cousin, Achilles mourned Trambelus and piled up a
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When Trambelus' mother had already been made pregnant by Telamon, she escaped by jumping off his ship and swimming until she reached the land of
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relates the same story of Trambelus' death, but states that it took place in Miletus (not on Lesbos). This version is also hinted at by
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translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.
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tomb for him on the seashore; this tomb was still there in historical times.
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Not much later, the same source relates, Lesbos was attacked by
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London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854.
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Index

Greek mythology
Ancient Greek
Telamon
Ajax the Great
Teucer
Trojan
Hesione
Theaneira
Miletus
Arion
Miletus
Parthenius
Lesbos
Apriate
Achilles
John Tzetzes
Athenaeus
Leleges



Tzetzes
Lycophron
467
Parthenius
26
Euphorion
Athenaeus
Aristobulus of Cassandreia
Athenaeus of Naucratis

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