Damisos

Damisos veya Damysos (Yunanca : Δάμυσος ), Yunan mitolojisindeki tüm Gigantların en hızlısıydı.

Fotios'un, Chennos'a atfettiği Yeni Tarih'in altıncı kitabında bir hikâye anlatılır. Aşil'in annesi Thetis'in, Peleus'tan olan çocuklarını gizli bir yerde yaktığından bahsedilir. Ancak Aşil'in doğumundan sonra işler değişir, Thetis tam Aşil'i alevlere bırakırken Peleus durumu fark edip Aşil'i kurtarır. Aşil'in sadece ayağı yanmıştır. Ardından Peleus onu sentor Kheiron'a emanet eder. Daha sonra Kheiron, Kesendire'de gömülü olan Damisos'un cesedini mezarından çıkardı, ayak bileğini cesetten ayırdı ve Aşil'in yanmış ayağına monte etti. Aşil , Truva Savaşı sırasında Apollo tarafından takip edilirken bu takılan ayak bileği düştü ve Aşil bu şekilde öldürüldü.^[1]

Kaynakça

^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6 14 Haziran 2012 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. "Thetis burned in a secret place the children she had by Peleus; six were born; when she had Achilles, Peleus noticed and tore him from the flames with only a burnt foot and confided him to Chiron. The latter exhumed the body of the giant Damysos who was buried at Pallene -- Damysos was the fastest of all the giants -- removed the 'astragale' and incorporated it into Achilles' foot using 'ingredients'. This 'astragale' fell when Achilles was pursued by Apollo and it was thus that Achilles, fallen, was killed. It is said, on the other hand, that he was called Podarkes by the Poet, because, it is said, Thetis gave the newborn child the wings of Arce and Podarkes means that his feet had the wings of Arce."

[1] Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History Book 6 14 Haziran 2012 tarihinde Wayback Machine sitesinde arşivlendi. "Thetis burned in a secret place the children she had by Peleus; six were born; when she had Achilles, Peleus noticed and tore him from the flames with only a burnt foot and confided him to Chiron. The latter exhumed the body of the giant Damysos who was buried at Pallene -- Damysos was the fastest of all the giants -- removed the 'astragale' and incorporated it into Achilles' foot using 'ingredients'. This 'astragale' fell when Achilles was pursued by Apollo and it was thus that Achilles, fallen, was killed. It is said, on the other hand, that he was called Podarkes by the Poet, because, it is said, Thetis gave the newborn child the wings of Arce and Podarkes means that his feet had the wings of Arce."

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