Thymoetes, one of the elders of
Troy (also spelled Thymoetus)[1] and also a Trojan prince as the son of King
Laomedon.[2] A
soothsayer had predicted that, on a certain day, a boy would be born by whom Troy would be destroyed. On that very day
Paris was born to King
Priam of Troy, and
Munippus to Thymoetes. Priam ordered Munippus and his mother
Cilla to be killed in order to prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled while sparing his own son.[3] It is believed that Thymoetes, in order to avenge his family, advised to draw the
wooden horse into the city.[4]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.
Thymoetes, one of the elders of
Troy (also spelled Thymoetus)[1] and also a Trojan prince as the son of King
Laomedon.[2] A
soothsayer had predicted that, on a certain day, a boy would be born by whom Troy would be destroyed. On that very day
Paris was born to King
Priam of Troy, and
Munippus to Thymoetes. Priam ordered Munippus and his mother
Cilla to be killed in order to prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled while sparing his own son.[3] It is believed that Thymoetes, in order to avenge his family, advised to draw the
wooden horse into the city.[4]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.