Schedius

Schedius (Ancient Greek: Σχεδίος Skhedíos means 'near') was a name attributed to four individuals in Greek mythology.

Schedius, son of Iphitus by Hippolyte or Thrasybule^[1] and brother of Epistrophus.^[2] He was counted among the suitors of Helen.^[3] In the Iliad, he and his brother lead the Phocians on the side of the Achaeans in the Trojan War,^[4] Schedius being commander of ten ships out of forty brought by both brothers.^[2]^[5] He was killed when Hector threw a spear at Ajax, who dodged it.^[6] Both brothers' bones, were carried back and buried at Anticyra. Their tomb existed until the Roman times. Pausanias also cites that Schedius's icon was displayed at Delphi.^[7]
Schedius, son of Perimedes, was a leader of the Phocians. He was killed by Hector.^[8]
Schedius, a defender of Troy who was killed by Neoptolemus.^[9]
Schedius, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.^[10] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.^[11]

^ Tzetzes, John, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 540-541. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ ^a ^b Hyginus, Fabulae 97
^ Apollodorus, 3.10.8
^ Homer, Iliad 2.517
^ Tzetzes, John (2015). Allegories of the Iliad. Translated by Goldwyn, Adam; Kokkini, Dimitra. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. pp. 41, Prologue 542. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4.
^ Homer, Iliad 17.306–311
^ "Σχεδίος (Μυθολ.)". Μεγάλη Ελληνική Εγκυκλοπαίδεια. Athens - Greece: "Pyrsos" Co. Ltd. 1933. p. 684.
^ Homer, Iliad 15.515
^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.87
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33