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Ilus was a villager from Gargarencia who accompanied Pithus and Lethan when they went to seek Hercules for help in fighting the Amazons. He was killed by an Amazon before he could accomplish the task.
Background[]
Ilus was played by Christopher Brougham though Brougham was accidentally credited as playing Lethan.
In Greek mythology, Ilus (/ˈiːloʊs/; Ancient Greek: Ἶλος Ilos) is the name of several mythological persons associated directly or indirectly with Troy.
- Ilus, the son of Dardanus, and the legendary founder of Dardania.
- Ilus, the son of Tros, and the legendary founder of Troy.
- Ilus, son of Mermerus, and grandson of Jason and Medea. This Ilus lived at Ephyra, between Elis and Olympia. In a tale recounted in The Odyssey, he played host to Odysseus, but when Odysseus requested from Ilus poison for his arrows, he declined, from fear of divine vengeance.
- Ilus, an ally of Turnus, the man who opposed Aeneas in Italy.