Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Podarces (Ancient Greek: Ποδάρκης) was a son of Iphicles and brother of Protesilaus. In Homer’s Iliad Podarces and Protesilaus were former suitors of Helen and therefore bound to defend the marriage rights of Menelaus her husband when Helen was kidnapped by Paris. After Protesilaus was killed by Hector Podarces led the Phylacian troops in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks.