Some Notes on Archers: The Case of Pándaro in Homer’s Iliad

Abstract

The objective of this article is to make some notes about the archers, specifically, the case of Pándaro in the Iliad. First, we will briefly address the implications between the myth and the figure of the hero. Secondly, we will focus on the appearances, the lineage, the nobility and the fights. Finally, we will reinforce the importance of Greek myths: their themes and motives in time and how Pándaro is shown as a hero, but according to the characteristics of the archers. There are always elements that will lower them, in one way or another, in front of the rest of the heroes. He has no horses, he renounces them, he does not win his battles, he breaks the truce between the armies: he uses the bow instead of the spear. The archer’s vision was always negative, and this is seen in the heroes who used the bow.