Echetlus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Echetlus (Ancient Greek: Ἔχετλος, "He of the Plough-tail") may refer to:

• Echetlus or Echetlaeus, an ancient Athenian mythical hero of the Battle of Marathon.^[1]
• Echetlus, one of the defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was stabbed to death in the back by a certain Tagus while he was sleeping drunk among other Thebans surrounding the Argive camp after the death of the seer Amphiaraus, one of the leaders of the attackers.^[2]

• Pausanias, Description of Greece translated by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.