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Eetion

Mythology
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

King of Cilician Thebe and father of Andromache, Hector's wife. Achilles killed him and his seven sons when sacking the city, deepening Andromache's tragic losses in war.

Detailed Definition
Eetion ruled a city sacked by Achilles during the Trojan War; his family’s tragedy prefigures Hector’s downfall. He embodies the collateral suffering of war. Poets reference Eetion to evoke the human cost of heroism, paternal loss, and the interconnectedness of Trojan fates in epic and lament poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
Eetion, king of Thebe and father of Andromache, appears in Homer’s Iliad; Poets use Eetion to evoke Trojan nobility and loss; In Iliad 6, Achilles kills him—ideal for elegiac contrast to Hector’s family; “Eetion’s halls” symbolize sacked civilization; His burial under his own vines adds agrarian pathos.
Additional Notes
Eetion, king of Thebe (in Mysia, not Boeotia), is killed by Achilles, who later regrets it—showing Achilles’ capacity for remorse. His daughter Andromache becomes Hector’s wife, linking two Trojan War tragedies. Homer’s Iliad treats him with dignity, making Eetion a symbol of noble victimhood. Useful for studies of Achilles’ complexity or the human cost of war in epic.
Also Known As
Eëtion
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