title: Axylus
text: # Axylus
  
  In Greek mythology, Axylus (Ancient Greek: Ἄξυλος) was a Trojan warrior who participated in the Trojan War.
  
  ## Family
  
  Axylus was the son of Teuthranus.
  
  ## Mythology
  
  Axylus was a wealthy and young man who came from the town of Arisbe, a city in the Troad. He was killed by Diomedes during the siege of Troy.
  
  This character was mentioned in Book VI of Homer's Iliad:
  
     Diomedes, expert in war cries, killed Axylus, son of Teuthranus, a rich man, from well-built Arisbe. People really loved him, for he lived beside a road, welcomed all passers-by into his home. But not one of those men he'd entertained now stood in front of him, protecting him from wretched death. Diomedes took the lives of two men--Axylus, and his attendant Calesius, his charioteer. So both men went down into the underworld.
  