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Othryădes

Ὀθρυάδης).


1.

A patronymic given to Panthoüs or Panthus, the Trojan priest of Apollo, as the son of Othrys.


2.

The survivor of the 300 Spartan champions who fought with the 300 Argives for the possession of Thyrea. Being left on the field as dead, he was afterwards ashamed to return to Sparta as the only survivor, and slew himself on the spot (Herod.i. 82).

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    • Herodotus, Histories, 1.82
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