In Greek mythology, Deiphobus was a son of Priam and Hecuba. Thus, he was a prince of Troy. The greatest of Priam's sons after Hector and Paris during the Trojan War. The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the telling of stories created by the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and their own cult and ritual practices. ... King Priam killed by Neoptolemus, son of Achilles, detail of an Attic red-figure amphora In Greek mythology, Priam (Greek Πρίαμος, Priamos) was the king of Troy during the Trojan War, and youngest son of Laomedon. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ... Hector brought back to Troy. ... Statue of Paris in the British Museum Paris (Greek: ; also known as Alexander or Alexandros, c. ... The fall of Troy by Johann Georg Trautmann (1713–1769) From the collections of the granddukes of Baden, Karlsruhe The Trojan War was waged, according to legend, against the city of Troy in Asia Minor, by the armies of the Achaeans (Mycenaean Greeks), after Paris of Troy stole Helen from...

In the Iliad, he along with his brother Helenus led a group of soldiers at the siege of the newley constructed Argive wall and killed many along with wounding the hero Achean Meriones. As Hector was fleeing Achilles, Athena took the shape of Deiphobus and goaded Hector to make a stand and fight. Hector thinking it was his brother listened and threw his spear at Achilles. When the spear missed Hector turned around to ask his brother for another spear, but Deiphobus had vanished. It was then Hector knew the gods had deceived and forsaken him and he met his fate at the hand of Achilles. Helenus was a Trojan soldier in the Trojan War. ... The Achaeans (in Greek , Achaioi) is the collective name given to the Greek forces in Homers Iliad (used 598 times). ... Meriones was a son of Molus and Melphis. ... The Wrath of Achilles, by François-Léon Benouville (1821–1859) (Musée Fabre) In Greek mythology, Achilles (also Akhilleus or Achilleus) (Ancient Greek: ) was a hero of the Trojan War, the central character and greatest warrior of Homers Iliad, which takes for its theme, not the War... Helmeted Athena, of the Velletri type. ...

Some accounts hold that it was Deiphobus and Paris who ambushed and killed Achilles while luring him to their sister Polyxena. After the death of Paris, Deiphobus was given Helen as a bride for his deeds in the war, beating out his other brother's bid for her, Helenus. Some accounts say the marriage was by force. When the Trojan Horse was in the city Deiphobus accompanied Helen as she called out the names of the Greeks hiding within in the voices of their wives as she walked around the horse in an attempt to see if the Argive forces were hiding in the horse. Menelaus and Odysseus had to hold the men inside back from responding. During the sack of Troy Deiphobus was slain by either Odysseus or Menelaus and his body was mutilated. Some accounts say it was Helen who killed him, or that she celebrated his death. Most accounts seem to indicate that unlike her other two husbands, Helen didn't love Deiphobus, and decided she would rather return to Menelaus. For the Christian Saint, please see Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca Polyxena dies by the hand of Neoptolemus on the tomb of Achilles. ... In Greek mythology, Helen (Greek: , Helénē), better known as Helen of Troy, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. ... // For other uses, see Trojan Horse (disambiguation). ... Menelaus regains Helen, detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. ... Head of Odysseus from a Greek 2nd century BC marble group representing Odysseus blinding Polyphemus, found at the villa of Tiberius at Sperlonga Odysseus (Greek Odysseys; Latin: Ulixes), pronounced /oʊˈdɪs. ...

See: Iliad books XII, XIV, XXII. It has been suggested that Deception of Zeus be merged into this article or section. ...

In Virgil's Aeneid, Deiphobus appears in the Underworld to Aeneas. He tells Aeneas the story of his death, which entails Helen's betrayal in signaling Menelaus to Deiphobus' bedchamber. He was mutilated in the sack of Troy. While with Aeneas, he begs the gods for revenge against the Greeks. A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy. ... The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: ; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced — the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aeneidos): is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy where he... // In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term approximately equivalent to the lay term afterlife, referring to any place to which newly dead souls go. ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ... In Greek mythology, Helen (Greek: , Helénē), better known as Helen of Troy, was the daughter of Zeus and Leda and the wife of Menelaus, king of Sparta. ... Menelaus regains Helen, detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. ... Looting (which derives via the Hindi lut from Sanskrit lunt, to rob), sacking, or plundering is the indiscriminate taking of goods by force as part of a military or political victory, or during a catastrophe or riot, such as during war [1], natural disaster [2], rioting [3], or terrorist attack... Troy or Ilion, see Troy (disambiguation) and Ilion (disambiguation). ... Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598. ...