# Automedon — Discourses character guide

> Automedon in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

Achilles' charioteer, used as an example of loyalty.

## In the story

### [X: What Things We Ought to Despise, and What Things We Ought to Value](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/x-what-things-we-ought-to-despise-and-what-things-we-ought-to-value)

Used as an example of a servant who can replace another in providing for one's needs.

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