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Timandra bore him a son, Laodocus, before deserting Echemus for Phyleus , the king of Doulichium .

After the death of Eurystheus , Hyllus led the Heraclids to attack Mycenae . Echemus offered himself as the champion of the defending Arcadian forces and killed Hyllus in single combat, thus forcing the Heraclids to withdraw. This story is mentioned by the Tegeans as an example of their people's bravery in book 9 of '' The History '' by Herodotus .


REFERENCE

  • March, J., Cassell's Dictionary Of Classical Mythology, London, 1999. ISBN 030435161X