Areithous

In Greek mythology, the name Areithous (Ancient Greek: Ἀρηΐθοος) may refer to:

Areithous, King of Arne in Boeotia, and husband of Philomedusa [el], by whom he had a son Menesthius.^[1] He is called in the Iliad the "club-bearer" (korynetes), because he fought with no other weapon but an iron club. He fell by the hand of Lycurgus of Arcadia, who drove him into a narrow defile, where he could not make use of his club. His armor was later worn by Lycurgus and then by Ereuthalion.^[2] The tomb of Areithous was shown in Arcadia as late as the time of Pausanias.^[3]
Areithous, a defender of Troy, squire and charioteer of the Thracian Rhigmus. Both Areithous and Rhigmus were killed by Achilles in the battle: he smote them with his spear.^[4]

The name is based on the adjective ἀρηΐθοος, meaning warlike, or literally "swift in the fight."

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