Book 13
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The third dynasty is that of the Leleges, which is also a Trojan dynasty; of Altes, the king of the war-loving Leleges,Il. xxi. 86.Il. xxi. 86. by whose daughter Priam had Lycaon and Polydorus. Even the people, who in the Catalogue are said to be commanded by Hector, are called Trojans; Hector, the mighty, with the nodding crest, commanded the Trojans;Il. iii. 816.Il. iii. 816. then those under Aeneas, the brave son of Anchises had the command of the Dardanii,Il. ii. 819.Il. ii. 819. and these were Trojans, for the poet says, Thou, Aeneas, that counsellest Trojans;Il. xx. 83.Il. xx. 83. then the Lycians under the command of Pandarus he calls Trojans; Aphneian Trojans, who inhabited Zeleia at the farthest extremity of Ida, who drink of the dark waters of Aesepus, these were led by Pandarus, the illustrious son of Lycaon.Il. ii. 824. This is the sixth dynasty.
