Rhēsus

Rhēsus, tragedy doubtfully attributed to Euripides; if it is his work, it would appear to be earlier than any other of his extant plays.

Rhesus is a dramatization of the tenth book of Homer's Iliad. The Greeks have been driven back to their ships, and Hector sends the Trojan Dolon by night to spy out their intentions. Rhesus, king of Thrace, arrives with his army to support the Trojans. Hector reproaches him for his delay; Rhesus replies proudly and confidently, and then retires to rest. Odysseus and Diomedēs enter the Trojan camp; they have killed Dolon after learning the password from him. Directed by the goddess Athena they fall upon the sleeping Thracians, kill Rhesus, and lead away his horses. His charioteer relates his death by an unknown hand and accuses Hector of his murder. Hector is exculpated by the Muse Terpsichorē, mother of Rhesus, who descends from heaven to carry off her son's body.