Deiphobus
1. A son of Priam and Hecabe, was next to Hector the bravest among the Trojans. When Paris, yet unrecognized, came to his brothers, and conquered them all in the contest for his favourite bull, Deiphobus drew his sword against him, and Paris fled to the altar of Zeus Herceius. (Hygin. Fab. 91.)
Deiphobus and his brothers, Plelenus and Asius, led the third host of the Trojans against the camp of the Achaeans (Iliad of Homer), and when Asius had fallen, Deiphobus advanced against Idomeneus, but, instead of killing him, he slew Hypsenor. (xiii. 410.) When hereupon Idomeneus challenged him, he called Aeneas to his assistance, (xiii. 462.)
He also slew Ascalaphus, and while he was tearing the helmet from his enemy's head, he was wounded by Meriones, and led out of the tumult by his brother, Polites. (xiii. 517, ) When Athena wanted to deceive Hector in his fight with Achilles, she assumed the appearance of Deiphobus. (xxii. 227.) He accompanied Helena to the wooden horse in which the Achaeans were concealed. (Odyssey of Homer iv)
Later traditions describe him as the conqueror of Achilles, and as having married Pielena after the death of Paris, for he had loved her, it is said, before, and had therefore prevented her being restored to the Greeks.
It was for this reason that, on the fall of Troy all the hatred of the Achaeans was let loose against him, and Odysseus and Menelaus rushed to his house, which was among the first that were consumed by the flames. (Odyssey of Homer) He himself was killed by Helena; according to other traditions, he fell in battle against Palamedes (Dares Phryg. 26); or he was slain and fearfully mangled by Menelaus.
In this fearful condition he was found in the lower world by Aeneas, who erected a monument to him on cape Rhoeteum. (The Aeneid by Virgil. vi) His body, which remained unburied, was believed to have been changed into a plant used against hypochondriasis. Pausanias (v. 22) saw a statue of him at Olympia, a work of Lycius, which the inhabitants of Apollonia had dedicated there.
2. A son of Hippolytus at Amyclae, who purified Heracles after the murder of Iphitus. (Apollodorus ii. 6. ;Diodorus iv. 31.)
From Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and MythologyFrom The Iliad of Homer. Book XIII
With these words he put heart and soul into them all. Deiphobus son of Priam went about among them intent on deeds of daring with his round shield before him, under cover of which he strode quickly forward. Meriones took aim at him with a spear, nor did he fail to hit the broad orb of ox-hide; but he was far from piercing it for the spear broke in two pieces long ere he could do so; moreover Deiphobus had seen it coming and had held his shield well away from him. Meriones drew back under cover of his comrades, angry alike at having failed to vanquish Deiphobus, and having broken his spear. He turned therefore towards the ships and tents to fetch a spear which he had left behind in his tent.
From The Fall of Troy, by Quintus Smyrnaeus
Now, it is just in describing such natural phenomena, and in blending them with the turmoil of battle, that Quintus is in his element; yet for such a scene he substitutes what is, by comparison, a lame and impotent conclusion. Of that awful cry that rang over the sea heralding the coming of Thetis and the Nymphs to the death-rites of her son, and the panic with which it filled the host, Quintus is silent. Again, Homer ("Odyssey" iv. 274-89) describes how Helen came in the night with Deiphobus, and stood by the Wooden Horse, and called to each of the hidden warriors with the voice of his own wife. This thrilling scene Quintus omits, and substitutes nothing of his own. Later on, he makes Menelaus slay Deiphobus unresisting, "heavy with wine," whereas Homer ("Odyssey" viii. 517-20) makes him offer such a magnificent resistance, that Odysseus and Menelaus together could not kill him without the help of Athena. In fact, we may say that, though there are echoes of the "Iliad" all through the poem, yet, wherever Homer has, in the "Odyssey", given the outline-sketch of an effective scene, Quintus has uniformly neglected to develop it, has sometimes substituted something much weaker -- as though he had not the "Odyssey" before him!
From Apollodorus Library Book 3.
Wishing to gain Cassandra's favours, Apollo promised to teach her the art of prophecy she learned the art but refused her favours hence Apollo deprived her prophecy of power to persuade.
Afterwards Hecuba bore sons, Deiphobus, Helenus, Pammon, Polites, Antiphus, Hipponous, Polydorus, and Troilus: this last she is said to have had by Apollo.
