COROEBUS (mythological son of Mygdon)

Coroebus refused to tolerate a monster's attacks on newborn infants.⁴ He chose to go forth as a willing champion with selected youths.⁴ He led a group of valiant youths to fight the creature.⁴ Coroebus attacked the monster as she carried two dead infants.⁴ He killed a warrior with his first arrow shot through a narrow gap in armor.⁶ Coroebus shot centaur/">Eurytion in the left eye with a triple-barbed arrow.⁶ He shot Eurytion in the other eye, causing total blindness.⁶

Coroebus killed the personification of Vengeance to appease the people of Argos.^7,8 He voluntarily traveled to Delphi to accept divine punishment for his act.⁷ The Pythia forbade him from returning to Argos.⁸ He was ordered to carry a tripod out of the sanctuary.⁸ He was instructed to build an Apollo temple where the tripod fell.⁸ The tripod slipped from his hands at Mount Gerania.⁸ He dwelt in the village called the Little Tripods.⁸

Driven by deep love for Cassandra, Coroebus was in Troy.¹ He traveled to the location to marry Cassandra.^9,10 He formed an alliance with the Phrygian forces as a kinsman of Priam.¹ He joined the small band of warriors fighting alongside the narrator.¹ He was assigned to the first watch during the night.² He boasted he would drive the Argives away from Ilium.¹⁰ He saw Cassandra being dragged away in chains from Athena's shrine.¹¹ He charged headlong into the battle to offer himself for death.¹¹

He came to Priam's city the day before his death.¹⁰ The Fates doomed him to die before he could win Cassandra.¹⁰ Accounts differ on who killed him, with the more popular account stating he was killed by Neoptolemus.⁹ He was killed by Tydeus' son who pierced him under the left ribs.¹⁰ He died in battle and fell into dark blood among the slain.¹⁰ The people of Elis claim that his grave marks the boundary of their territory.^3,12 The Megarians possess a grave belonging to Coroebus in their market-place.^7,8