THOAS (Trojan warrior)

In the chariot races held for the dead, Thoas competed with divine grace, his team closely following Eumelus.³ When he fell from his chariot, suffering gashes on his body, the physician Podaleirius applied healing salves to his wounds.⁵ On the field, Thoas proved deadly, killing the warriors Lamus and Lyncus.⁶ He wounded Paris in the right thigh with a spear thrust and helped rescue the Atreid kings from their enemies.^7,8 Despite fleeing to the ships to escape Eurypylus, he rallied against the foe out of fear for the Atreid kings, while his friend Echemmon was killed by Eurypylus' henchman.^8,7 Nestor exhorted him to fight with great effort to save the ships while he stood near the Greek fleet.¹ Thoas also killed Peirous with a spear and sword, though he did not strip the armor from the body, before being driven back by Thracian warriors guarding a corpse.² Later, he accompanied the sons of Nestor to Agamemnon's tent to help bring out promised prizes.⁹

Accounts of his death differ; in one version, Menelaus struck him in the chest near his shield's rim, causing him to die immediately.¹⁰ In another, Tydeus wounded him in the face, and later Halaesus crushed his head with a large stone, scattering his skull, bones, and brains.^11,12 Thoas entered the wooden horse constructed by the Greeks.^13,14