previous next   *)Arkesi/laos), a son of Lycus and Theobule, was
the leader of the Boeotians in the Trojan war. He led his people
to Troy in ten ships, and was slain by Hector. (Hom. Il. 2.495,
15.329; Hyg. Fab. 97.) According to Pausanias (9.39.2) his
remains were brought back to Boeotia, where a monument was
erected to his memory in the neighbourhood of Lebadeia. A son of
Odysseus and Penelope of the name of Arcesilaus is mentioned by
Eustathius. (Ad Hom. p. 1796.)   hide Display Preferences Greek
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