Echetlus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, the name Echetlus (Ancient Greek: Ἔχετλος, "He of the Plough-tail") may refer to:

• Echetlus or Echetlaeus, an ancient Athenian mythical hero of the Battle of Marathon.
• Echetlus, one of the defenders of Thebes in the war of the Seven against Thebes. He was stabbed to death in the back by a certain Tagus while he was sleeping drunk among other Thebans surrounding the Argive camp after the death of the seer Amphiaraus, one of the leaders of the attackers.