Image Oineus Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1905.jpg thumb right 220px Oeneus with coat and sceptre , Attica Attic white ground lekythos , ca. 500 BC , Staatliche Antikensammlungen Inv. 1905 In Greek mythology , Oeneus , or Oineus was a Calydon ian king, son of Porthaon and Euryte , husband of Althaea Greek mythology Althaea and father of Deianira Deianeira , Meleager , Toxeus , Clymenus , Periphas , Agelaus, Thyreus or Phereus or Pheres , Gorge mythology Gorge , Eurymede, Mothone, Perimede mythology Perimede and Melanippe although Meleager s and Deianeira s fathers could also have been Ares and Dionysus respectively . Oeneus was also the father of Tydeus by Periboea , daughter of Hipponous, though Tydeus was exiled from Aetolia and appears in myths concerning Argos . He introduced winemaking to Aetolia , which he learned from Dionysus . He sent Meleager out to find heroes to kill the Calydonian Boar , which was ravaging Calydon because Oeneus had forgotten to honor Artemis at the harvest ceremonies. So began the Calydonian Hunt during which the boar was killed by Atalanta and Meleager. However, an argument began as to who should take the boar s skin as a prise Meleager gave it to Atalanta, but two of his maternal uncles, sons of Thestius , wanted the trophy for themselves, claiming that it belonged to them by the right of birth if Meleager did not want it. Meleager, in rage, killed them, which resulted in a war between the Calydonians and the Curetes tribe Curetes , in which all of Oeneus sons, including Meleager, fell. The sons of Oeneus brother Agrius deposed him but Diomedes , his grandson through Tydeus, put Oeneus back on the Calydonian throne or the throne passed to Andraemon , husband of Gorge, due to Oeneus old age . Oeneus either died of natural causes or was killed by the surviving sons of Agrius who laid an ambush against him while Diomedes was transporting ... , Library of History 4. 34 35 Commonscat Oeneus Category Greek mythology Category Mythological kings ... more details
Other uses Gorge In Greek mythology , the name Gorge may refer to Gorge , a daughter of Oeneus and Althaea mythology Althaea , and wife of Andraemon . Artemis changed her sisters into birds because of their constant mourning over the death of their brother Meleager , but spared Gorge and her sister Deianeira . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Ov. 20Met. 208.532&lang original 532 Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 201.8&lang original 1.8 Pausanias , Description of Greece , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Paus. 2010.38.5&lang original 10.38.5 . ref Pseudo Apollodorus Apollodorus says that according to Pisander, she was the mother of Tydeus by her father Oeneus, because Zeus willed it that Oeneus should fall in love with his own daughter . ref Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 1.8.5&fromdoc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.01.0022 1.8.5 . ref Her son Thoas led the Aetolian contingent for the Greeks in the Trojan War . ref Homer , Iliad http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus text 1999.01.0134 book 2 card 615&highlight thoas 2.638&ndash 644 . ref Gorge , one of the Danaides . She married and murdered Hippothous, son of Aegyptus . ref Apollodorus, Library , http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 202.1.5&lang original 2.1.5 . ref Notes reflist References William Smith lexicographer Smith, William Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology , London 1873 . http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Perseus 3Atext 3A1999.04.0104 3Aalphabetic letter 3DG 3Aentry group 3D9 3Aentry 3Dgorge bio 1 Gorge Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Danaids sr ... more details
For the genus of moth s family Sphingidae see Agrius genus . Agrius or Agrios Greek language Gr. polytonic , in Greek mythology , is a name that may refer to A son of Parthaon , king of Calydon in Aetolia , and Euryte he was the brother of Oeneus who succeeded his father as king of Calydon , Alcathous , Melas , Leucopeus, and Sterope . ref name DGRBM Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard author link contribution Agrius editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 82 publisher Little, Brown and Company place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0091.html ref He was father of six sons, including Melanippus and Thersites , who overthrew Oeneus and gave the kingdom to their father. Agrius and his sons were themselves overthrown by Diomedes , who reinstated Oeneus as king. All the sons except Thersites were killed by Diomedes. ref Apollodorus , 1. 7. 10, 8. 5, &c. ref Apollodorus places these events before the expedition of the Greeks against Troy , while Gaius Julius Hyginus Hyginus states that Diomedes, when he heard, after the fall of Troy, of the misfortune of his grandfather Oeneus, hastened back and expelled Agrius, who then committed suicide ref Gaius Julius Hyginus Hyginus , Fabluae 175, comp. 242 and Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 37 ref according to others, Agrius and his sons were all slain by Diomedes. ref Comp. Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece ii. 25. 2 ref ref Ovid , Heroides 9. 153 ref A son of Odysseus by Circe and a brother of Latinus and Telegonus , mentioned only in Hesiod s Theogony . ref Hesiod , Theogony 1011f ref One of the Gigantes , enemies of the Olympian gods . He, together with Thoon mythology Thoon , was clubbed to death by Moirai with maces made from bronze. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 6. 2 ref One of the Centaurs who Heracles fought with. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 5. 4 ref One of the suit ... more details
Other uses Antiochus disambiguation Antiochus In Greek mythology , the name Antiochus may refer to Son of Heracles and Meda mythology Meda ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 37. 1 ref . Both his maternal grandfather and his own son bore the name Phylas . He was the eponym of the Athens, Greece Athenian phyle Antiochis. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 1. 5. 2 & 10. 10. 1 ref One of the eight sons of Melas mythology Melas who were killed by Tydeus for plotting against Oeneus . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 8. 3 ref One of the sons of Pterelaus . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 4. 5 ref ref Tzetzes on Lycophron , 932 ref One of the sons of Aegyptus . He married and was killed by Itea, daughter of Danaus . ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 170 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Heracleidae ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Polypheides or Polyphides may refer to Son of Mantius and brother of Cleitus . He was granted prophetic skills by Apollo and became the best seer among mortals after the death of Amphiaraus he dwelt in Hyperesia and had a son Theoclymenus . ref Homer , Odyssey , 15. 249 255 ref A slightly different account of his life was given by Pherecydes of Leros Pherecydes ref Cited in scholia on Homer, Odyssey , 15. 213 ref according to it, Polypheides married Aechme, daughter of Haemon, and settled in Eleusis , where two sons, Theoclymenus and Harmonides, were born to him. Lord of Sicyon , to whom Agamemnon and Menelaus were entrusted by their nurse after the murder of Atreus . He further sent them to Oeneus . ref Tzetzes , Chiliades , 1. 456 465 Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , Epitome of Book 4, 2. 15 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Mythological Greek seers Greek myth stub ... more details
In Greek mythology , the Meleagrids were the daughters of Althaea Greek mythology Althaea and Oeneus , sisters of Meleager . When their brother died, they cried incessantly until Artemis changed them into guineafowl and transferred them to the island of Leros . ref name Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 2 Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 2 ref ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , VIII, 532 545 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 174 ref ref Suda s. v. Meleagrides ref Guinea fowls were kept in the shrine of The Maiden likely Artemis on Leros, ref Athenaeus , Banquet of the Learned , 14. 71 p. 655C ref and the inhabitants of the island, as well as other worshippers of Artemis, abstained from eating the bird. ref Claudius Aelianus Aelian , On Animals , 4. 42 ref Hence the names of some species of guineafowl refer to the Meleagrids Numida meleagris and Agelastes meleagrides . Also the family name for turkeys is meleagrididae . The Meleagrids included Melanippe and Eurymede, ref name Antoninus Liberalis, Metamorphoses, 2 possibly also Mothone ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 4. 35. 1 ref and Perimede mythology Perimede . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 4. 1 ref Two other daughters of Oeneus, Gorge mythology Gorge and Deianeira , were not transformed, since the former was married off to Andraemon , and the latter to Heracles . References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Metamorphoses in Greek mythology et Meleagriidid el it Meleagridi ru sr fi Meleagridit ... more details
dablink For the mite genus see Tydeus mite . Image Tydeus Ismene Louvre E640.jpg thumb Tydeus and Ismene . Side A from a Corinthian black figure amphora, ca. 560 BC. In Greek mythology , Tydeus lang el , T deus was an Aeolians Aeolian hero of the generation before the Trojan War . He was one of the Seven Against Thebes and was mortally wounded by Melanippus before the walls of the city. The goddess Athena had planned to make him immortal but refused after Tydeus in a rage devoured the brains of the defeated Melanippus. He was the father of the Greek warrior Diomedes , who is frequently known by the patronymic Tydides . Exile Tydeus was a son of Oeneus and either Periboea , Oeneus s second wife, or Gorge, Oeneus s daughter. He was the husband of Deipyle , the mother of Diomedes. Tydeus was banished from Calydon by his uncle Agrius , because he killed either his brother or a different uncle or six of his cousins. He travelled to Argos , where he married Deipyle , daughter of king Adrastus . The king agreed to help Tydeus regain the rule of Calydon, but chose to first help Polynices regain kingship of Thebes Greece Thebes . Seven against Thebes One night Adrastus, the king of Argos, heard strange voices in his palace. He came closer to the source of the noise, and he saw two young men fighting for the guest s room in his palace. It was Tydeus and Polyneices, son of Oedipus, who was co reigning in Thebes with his brother Eteocles before he was expelled by the latter. A prophecy had told Adrastus to marry his daughters with the lion and the boar, and watching these two princes fighting like wild beasts he decided to keep them in Argos as sons in law. Time passed, Tydeus and Polyneices became princes of Argos, had children and generally lived well, but neither one of them forgot his homeland. So now, having the support of their father in law, king Adrastus, they decided to claim what was theirs. They chose to go first to Thebes, and, aided by Adrastus, they raised a ... more details
In Greek mythology , Porthaon lang el , genitive , sometimes referred to as Parthaon or Portheus , was the king of Calydon , husband of Euryte and father of Oeneus , Agrius , Alcathous , Melas mythology Melas , Leucopeus and Sterope, also of the Argonauts Argonaut Lacoon by an unnamed female servant, or by Euryte too. ref Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 1. 192 Hyginus , Fabulae , 14 ref He was the son of Agenor, son of Pleuron Agenor by Epicaste who was the son of Pleuron Greek mythology Pleuron who was the son of Aetolus, son of Endymion Aetolus who was the son of Endymion mythology Endymion . He was the brother of Demonice . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 7. 7 & 10 ref ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses 2 ref A different Parthaon was son of Periphetes and grandson of Nyctimus . He begot Aristus, Aristus begot Erymanthus, Erymanthus begot Arrhon, and Arrhon begot Psophis mythology Psophis , one of the possible eponyms for the city of Psophis . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 8. 24. 1 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Aetolian mythology Category Mythological kings Greek myth stub ca Port on de Porthaon et Porthaon el es Parta n nl Parthaon ru sr fi Porthaon uk ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Toxeus refers to A son of Thestius , brother of Althaea mythology Althaea , who participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar . He was angry that the prize of the boar s hide had been given to a woman Atalanta by his nephew Meleager , who then killed him in the ensuing argument. ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 8. 300ff 441 ff ref A son of Oeneus Oineus and brother of Meleager which makes him a nephew of the other Toxeus . He was killed by his father for overleaping the trench which had been dug around Calydon . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 8. 1 ref ref Robert Graves The Greek Myths , 80.1 ref This is paralleled by Romulus and Remus Remus overleaping that of R mulus. ref Robert Graves The Greek Myths , 80.2 ref Cf. also the story of Poemander mythology Poemander . A son of Eurytus , brother of Clytius and Molion. All three were slain by Heracles . ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 37. 5 ref Notes reflist Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub ca Toxeu de Toxeus sr fi Tokseus ... more details
The Monument of the Eponymous Heroes , located in the Ancient Agora of Athens , Greece and adjacently situated near the Metroon old Bouleuterion , was a marble podium that bore the bronze statues of the ten heroes representing the tribes of Athens . Being an important information center for the ancient Athenians, it was used as a monument where proposed legislation, decrees and announcements were posted. ref http plato dialogues.org tools agora.htm Plato Dialogues , URL accessed on June 1, 2008 ref ref http depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu classics dunkle athnlife epnymous.htm heroes Brooklyn College ref Names of the ten heroes Erechtheus Aegeus Theseus father Pandion II Leos Acamas, son of Theseus Oeneus Cecrops II Hippothoon Aias Ajax Antiochus a son of Heracles References Reflist External links Commons category Monument of the Eponymous Heroes Portal box Greece Classical Civilisation http www.greece athens.com page.php?page id 257 Greece athens.com Ancient Greece topics Coord 37.9752 23.7223 type landmark region GR display title DEFAULTSORT Monument Of The Eponymous Heroes Category Landmarks in Athens Category Ancient Greek buildings and structures in Athens ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Perimede refers to A daughter of Oeneus , mother of Astypalaea and Europa mythology Europe by Phoenix son of Agenor . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 4. 1 ref Sister of Amphitryon and wife of Licymnius . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 4. 6 ref Daughter of Aeolus Son of Hellen Aeolus and Enarete , mother of Hippodamas and Orestes by the river god Achelous . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 7. 3 ref Another source calls her a consort of Phoroneus ref Scholia on Pindar , Olympian Ode 3. 28 ref . A witch , expert in herbs and poisons, described as fair haired . ref Theocritus , Idylls 2. 16 ref ref Propertius , Elegies , 2. 4. 8 ref See Agamede . ref According to scholia on Theocritus 2. 16, they were one and the same person. ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Greek mythological witches ... more details
File Giulio Romano Meleager et Atalanta.jpg thumb 450px Meleager et Atalanta , after Giulio Romano . Greek myth This article is about the mythological figure, for other uses see Meleager disambiguation . File Meleager Skopas BM GR1906.1 17.1.jpg thumb upright left Meleager of Skopas Meleager , after Skopas British Museum ref GR 1906.1 17.1 the bust is modern, made to support the ancient head, a Roman copy after Skopas. ref In Greek mythology , Meleager lang grc Mel agros was a Greek hero hero venerated in his temenos at Calydon in Aetolia . He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian Boar Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer . ref Homer , Iliad IX, 529 99. ref Meleager was the son of Althaea Greek mythology Althaea and the vintner Oeneus and, according to some accounts father of Parthenopeus and Polydora . When Meleager was born, the Moirae the Fates predicted he would only live until a brand, burning in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Overhearing them, Althaea immediately doused and hid the brand. ref Hyginus , Fabula 171 pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke 1.8.2. ref Meleager married Cleopatra Alcyone Cleopatra , daughter of Idas . However, in some versions, he had to defeat Atalanta in a footrace, in which he was aided by Athena . Oeneus sent Meleager to gather up heroes from all over Greece ref pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke 1.8.2. ref to hunt the Calydonian Boar that had been terrorizing the area, rooting up the vines, Oeneus having omitted Artemis at the festival. In addition to the heroes he required, he chose Atalanta , a fierce huntress, whom he loved. ref Euripides , Frg. 520, noted by Karl Kerenyi , The Heroes of the Greeks , 1959 119 note 673. ref According to one account of the hunt, when Hylaeus and Rhaecus , two centaur s, tried to rape Atalanta, Meleager killed them. Then, Atalanta wounded the boar and Meleager killed it. He awarded her the hide since she had drawn the first drop of blood. ... more details
In Greek mythology the name Andraemon , or Andraim n may refer to Son of Oxylus and husband of Dryope . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 9. 333 ref ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 32 ref Father of Oxylus and grandfather of the precedent. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 8. 3 ref Husband of Gorge mythology Gorge and the father of Thoas . He succeeded to his father in law Oeneus power over Aetolia . He and his wife were buried in one tomb which was shown in the city of Amphissa. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 8. 1&6 epitome of Book IV, 3. 12 ref ref Homer , Iliad, 2. 638 ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 10. 38. 5 ref One of the suitors of Penelope , from Dulichium . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , Epitome of Book IV, 7. 27 ref A son of King Codrus . He participated in the colonization of Asia Minor and drove the Caria ns out of the city of Lebedus. His tomb was shown near Colophon . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 3. 5 ref Mimnermus related that Andraemon was a native of Pylos and founder of Colophon. ref Cited in Strabo , Geography , 14. 1. 3 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Aetolian mythology Greek myth stub el it Andremone ja ru sr fi Andraimon ... more details
In Greek mythology , Clymenus lang grc Kl menos notorious may refer to any number of individuals Clymenus was the father of Eurydice of Pylos Eurydice . Clymenus was the son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea mythology Althaea . Was killed whilst battling the Curetes . Clymenus was the son of Phoroneus by either Cerdo mythology Cerdo or Teledice or Cinna. He and his sister Chthonia founded a sanctuary of Demeter . Clymenus was the son of Presbon and a King of Orchomenus Boeotia Orchomenus in Boeotia . Clymenus was the son of Helios and king of Boeotia . In a variant genealogy, he is the father of the children of the Oceanid Merope usually said to be the offspring of Helios and Clymene . These include Pha ton and the Heliades Merope , Helie, Aegle , Lampetia , Phoebe , Aetherie, and Dioxippe . Sometimes Phaethousa is included in this number. ref Hyginus. Fabulae , http www.theoi.com Text HyginusFabulae4.html 154 . ref Clymenus from Dulichium was one of the suitors of Penelope . Clymenus was killed by Hodites during the fight between Phineus and Perseus . Clymenus was the son of Cardys and a descendant of Heracles of Ida. He became king of Olympia, Greece Olympia but was deposed by Endymion mythology Endymion . ref Strabo. Geographica , 8.3.30. What is more, the Olympian Games are an invention of theirs the Daktyloi and it was they who celebrated the first Olympiads, for one should disregard the ancient stories both of the founding of the temple and of the establishment of the games some alleging that it was Herakles, one of the Idaian Daktyloi, who was the originator of both, and others, that it was Herakles the son of Alkmene and Zeus, who also was the first to contend in the games and win the victory for such stories are told in many ways, and not much faith is to be put in them. ref Clymenus , king of Arcadia , was the son of either Schoeneus or Teleus. He committed incest with his daughter Harpalyce mythology Harpalyce . Clymenus was a surname of Hade ... more details
Alcathous was the name of several people in Greek mythology Alcathous, son of Pelops , killed the Cithaeronian lion . Alcathous, son of Aesyetes, husband of Hippodameia , the daughter of Anchises and sister of Aeneas , who was educated in the house of Alcathous. ref Homer . Iliad , xiii. 466. ref In the Trojan War , he was one of the Trojan leaders, and was one of the handsomest and bravest among them. ref Homer . Iliad xii. 93, xiii. 427. ref He was slain by the Crete Cretan king Idomeneus with the assistance of Poseidon , who struck Alcathous with blindness and paralyzed his limbs so that he could not flee. ref Homer . Iliad xiii. 433, &c. ref Alcathous, son of Porthaon and Euryte , daughter of Hippodamas. ref Apollodorus. Library , http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html 7 1.7.10 . ref He was killed by Tydeus , the son of Oeneus , Alcathous brother. ref Diodorus Siculus. Library of History , http www.theoi.com Text DiodorusSiculus4D.html 4.65.2 . ref In another story, he was instead killed by Oenomaus , being one of the unsuccessful suitors of Hippodamia . ref Hesiod. Fragments , http www.theoi.com Text HesiodMiscellany.html 10 . ref Alcathous, one of the companions of Aeneas . He was killed by Caedicus, one of the warriors of Turner. Alcathous, one the guardians of Thebes, Greece Thebes . He was killed by Amphiaraus . ref Statius. Thebaid , http www.theoi.com Text StatiusThebaid7.html 7.688 . ref Alcathous, a Trojan warrior, killed by Achilles in the Trojan War. ref Quintus Smrynaeus. The Fall of Troy , http www.theoi.com Text QuintusSmyrnaeus3.html 3.162 . ref Alcathous, another, otherwise unknown personage of this name is mentioned by Virgil. ref Virgil . Aeneid , x. 747. ref References reflist 2 Greek myth stub Characters in the Iliad DEFAULTSORT Alcathous Category People of the Trojan War Category Characters in the Aeneid Category Characters in the Iliad Category Greek mythology lt Alkatojas sr pt Alcatos desambigua o ... more details
Eumedes was a name attributed to seven individuals in Greek mythology . Eumedes also Eumeles was a famous herald among the Troy Trojans . He was the father of Dolon and of five daughters. ref Homer . Iliad , http www.theoi.com Text HomerIliad10.html 10.313 . ref Eumedes , son of Hippocoon , king of Sparta His tomb was located in the city. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias . Description of Greece , http www.theoi.com Text Pausanias3B.html 3.14.6 . ref Eumedes , priest of Athena . When the Heracleidae invaded, Eumedes was suspected of wishing to betray the Palladium to them. Being afraid, he took the Palladium and took it to be hill called Creion . ref Callimachus . Hymns , V. On the Bath of http www.theoi.com Text CallimachusHymns2.html On the Baths of Pallas . ref Eumedes , son of Heracles and Lyse mythology Lyse , daughter of Thespius and Megamede. ref Apollodorus . Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus The Library , http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus2.html 2.7.8 . ref Eumedes , son of Melas mythology Melas . He, along with his brothers, were killed for plotting against Oeneus . ref Apollodorus. The Library , http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html 8 1.8.5 . ref Eumedes , son of Dolon and a companion of Aeneas . He was killed by Turnus . ref Virgil. The Aeneid , 12.346. ref Eumedes , father of Acallaris . She married Tros mythology Tros . ref Dionysius of Halicarnassus . Roman Antiquities , http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Dionysius of Halicarnassus 1C .html 1.62 . ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology Category Heracleidae el sr ... more details
Periphas in Greek mythology may refer to 1. One of the sons of Aegyptus . He married and was killed by Actaea, daughter of Danaus . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5 ref 2. A son of Oeneus . ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 2 ref 3. A son of Lapithes hero Lapithes in Thessaly . He consorted with Astyagyia, daughter of Hypseus , and had by her eight sons, of whom the eldest, Antion Greek figure Antion , was a possible father of Ixion with Perimela . ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History , 4. 69. 2 3 ref 4. One of the Lapiths . ref Ovid , Metamorphoses 12. 449 ref 5. An Attica autochthon, previous to the time of Cecrops I , was a priest of Apollo , and on account of his virtues he was made king but as he was honoured to the same extent as Zeus, the latter wished to destroy him. At the request of Apollo, however, Zeus metamorphosed him into an eagle, and his wife likewise into a bird. ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses 6 ref ref Ovid , Metamorphoses 7. 400 ref 6. A son of the Aetolia n Ochesius , fell by the hand of Ares in the Trojan war . ref Homer , Iliad , 5. 842 ref 7. A son of Epytus , and a herald of Aeneas . ref Homer , Iliad , 17. 323 ref 8. A Greek who took part in the destruction of Troy . ref Virgil , Aeneid 2. 476 ref References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Greek mythology Category Lapiths Category Characters in the Iliad Category Attic mythology Category Autochthons of classical mythology Category Metamorphoses in Greek mythology Greek myth stub el es Perifas fr P riphas it Perifante nl Periphas ja ru sr uk ... more details
In Greek mythology , Mermeros and Pheres were the sons of Jason and Medea . They were killed either by the Corinth ians ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 3. 6 ref ref Scholia on Euripides Medea , 10 ref or by Medea ref Euripides , Medea ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 25 ref ref Diodorus Siculus , Library of History, 4. 54. 7 ref ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 9. 28 cites both versions ref , for reasons that vary depending on the rendition see Medea Many endings Medea . In one account, Mermerus was killed by a lioness while hunting ref Naupactica , cited in Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 3. 9 ref . Namesakes There were other characters in Greek mythology that bore the names Mermerus and Pheres Pheres , son of Cretheus and Tyro Pheres , a Crete Cretan killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War ref Quintus Smyrnaeus , Fall of Troy , 6. 662 ref Pheres , who fought under Aeneas and was killed by Halaesus ref Virgil , Aeneid , 10. 413 ref Pheres , a defender of Thebes ref Statius , Thebaid , 9. 106 ref Pheres , also knowh as Phereus or Thyreus, one of the children of Oeneus and Althaea mythology Althaea ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 8. 1 ref ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 2 ref Mermerus , father of Erythea and Ilus , who played host to Odysseus in a tale recounted in The Odyssey ref Homer , Odyssey , 1. 260 ref Mermerus , a Centaur ref Ovid , Metamorphoses , 12. 305 ref Mermerus , a Troy Trojan who was killed in a battle during the Trojan War . His armor was then stripped off his body by Antilochus . ref Homer , Iliad , 14. 513 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Mermeros And Pheres Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub el es M rmero fr Merm ros et Ph r s ru sr ... more details
italic title Taxobox name Jalmenus icilius image Jalmenus icilius ento csiro au .jpg image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Lycaenidae subfamilia Theclinae tribus Zesiini genus Jalmenus species J. icilius binomial Jalmenus icilius binomial authority Hewitson, 1865 synonyms Ialmenus icilius small Hewitson, 1865 small Cupido oeneus small Tepper, 1882 small Ialmenus icilius mitchelli small Edwards, 1951 small Ialmenus icilius obscurus small Edwards, 1951 small Ialmenus icilius parvus small Burns, 1951 small The Icilius Blue or Amethyst Hairstreak Jalmenus icilius is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in all mainland states of Australia , throughout much of the subtropical areas of the inland, from the Selwyn Range and from Carnarvon to Kalgoorlie. It is generally common except in the south eastern end of its range in central and western Victoria, where it is now very scarce. The wingspan is about 30 mm. The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including Cassia artemisioides , Cassia nemophila , Daviesia benthamii , Acacia acuminata , Acacia anceps , Acacia aneura , Acacia dealbata , Acacia deanei , Acacia harpophylla , Acacia mearnsii , Acacia parramattensis , Acacia pendula , Acacia pycnantha , Acacia rubida , Acacia saligna and Acacia victoriae . The Caterpillars are attended by the ant species Iridomyrmex rufoniger . External links http lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au lyca icilius.html Australian Insects http www.environment.gov.au biodiversity abrs online resources fauna afd taxa Jalmenus icilius Australian Faunal Directory File Jalmenus icilius.jpg thumb left Melbourne Category Theclinae Theclinae stub ... more details
Image Althaea baur.jpg thumb right 350px Illustration of Althaea by Johann Wilhelm Baur . Althaea also commonly spelled Althea , lang grc Altha a was in Greek mythology the daughter of King Thestius and Eurythemis , and was sister to Leda mythology Leda , Hypermnestra , Iphicles Iphiclus , Evippus Euippus , &c. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Schmitz first Leonhard authorlink Leonhard Schmitz title Althaea editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 134 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0143.html ref She was also the wife of Oeneus , king of Calydon, and mother of five sons, Meleager , Melanippe one of the Meleagrids , Troxeus, Thyreus, Clymenus, and two daughters, Deianeira and Gorge mythology Gorge . ref Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca i. 7. 10, 8. 1 ref According to some writers, Meleager was the result of a liaison with the Greek god Ares , and Deianeira the progeny of Althaea and the god Dionysus . ref Comp. Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae 129, 171, 174 ref Althaea is especially celebrated in ancient story about the fate of her son Meleager, who also became the cause of her death. When Meleager was born, the Moirae the fates predicted he would only live until a brand, burning in the family hearth, was consumed by fire. Althaea immediately hid the brand. Later, Meleager killed his mother s two brothers in Atalanta Calydonian Boar Hunt an argument and she placed the brand back upon the fire, killing him. Some say that she later hanged herself, others that she killed herself with a dagger. ref Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca i. 8. 3 ref ref Ovid , Metamorphoses viii. 445, &c. ref References reflist Other sources Thomas Bulfinch . Bulfinch s Mythology The Age of Fable or Stories of Gods and Heroes. 1855 Chapter XVIII . Category Greek myth ... more details
File Phoenix Agenor filius.jpg thumb 200px Phoenix from Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum In Greek mythology , Phoenix lang grc was a son of Agenor and Telephassa or Argiope ref name Hyginus, Fabulae, 6 & 178 Hyginus , Fabulae , 6 & 178 ref , brother of Cadmus , Cilix and Europa mythology Europe . ref name Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 1 ref name Hyginus, Fabulae, 6 & 178 When Europe was carried of by Zeus , her three brothers were sent out by Agenor to find her, but the search was unsuccessful. Phoenix eventually settled in a country in Africa which he named Phoenicia after himself. ref name Apollodorus, Bibliotheca, 3. 1. 1 Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 3. 1. 1 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 178 ref Phoenix was believed to have fathered a number of children with different women. By Cassiopeia mythology Wife of Phoenix Cassiepeia , he had a daughter Carme mythology Carme ref Antoninus Liberalis , Metamorphoses , 40 ref and a son Atymnius ref Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 2. 178 ref by Alphesiboea , he had Adonis ref Apollodorus, Bibliotheca , 3. 14. 4 ref . According to the Iliad , Europe was not his sister, but his daughter ref Homer , Iliad , 14. 321 ref . Europe is otherwise called one of his two daughters by Perimede, daughter of Oeneus , the other one being Astypalaea ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 4. 1 ref she is also included on the list of his children by Telephe, her siblings in this case being Peirus, Phoenice, and Astypale apparently identical to the aforementioned Astypalaea ref Scholia on Euripides , Phoenician Women , 5 ref . Telephe, daughter of Epimedusa, is probably the same as Telephassa, whom Moschus ref Moschus , Idylls , 2. 42 ref calls wife and not mother of Phoenix. Finally, Cadmus was believed by some to be a son of Phoenix and not his brother ref Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica , 3. 1186 ref . References reflist Argive genealogy in Greek mythology Category Greek mythology Category Phoenician characte ... more details
Other uses Glaucus disambiguation Image Diomedes Glaucus MAR Gela.jpg thumb right 280px Glaucos and Diomedes Exchange Armour p lik attique du Peintre de Hasselmann, v. 420 av. J. C. Glaucus Greek language Greek , English language English translation shiny , bright or bluish green was a son of Hippolochus and a grandson of Bellerophon . He was a captain in the Lycian army under the command of his close friend and cousin Sarpedon . The Lycians in the Trojan War were allies of Troy . During the war Glaucus fought valiantly, killing four Greeks. ref Hyginus , Fabulae 115. ref In the Iliad , ref Homer. Iliad , 2.876 6.199. ref he met Diomedes in the field of battle in face to face combat. In response to Diomedes challenge to him, Glaucus said that as a grandson of Bellerophon he would fight anybody. On learning of Glaucus ancestry Diomedes planted his spear in the ground and told of how his grandfather Oeneus was a close friend of Bellerophon, and declared that the two of them despite being on opposing sides should continue the friendship. As a sign of friendship Diomedes took off his bronze armor worth 9 oxen and gave it to Glaucus. Glaucus then had his wits taken by Zeus and gave Diomedes his gold armor said to be worth 100 oxen. Glaucus was in the division of Sarpedon and Asteropaios when the Trojans assaulted the Greek wall. Their division fought valiantly, allowing Hector to break through the wall. During this assault Teucer shot Glaucus with an arrow, wounding him and forcing him to withdraw from combat. Later, upon seeing Sarpedon mortally wounded, Glaucus prayed to Apollo , asking him to help him to rescue the body of his dying friend. Apollo cured his wound, allowing Glaucus to rally the Trojans around the body of Sarpedon until the gods carried the body away. Later in the war, when the fighting over Achilles corpse took place, Glaucus was killed by Ajax mythology Ajax . His body however, was rescued by Aeneas and was then taken by Apollo to Lycia f ... more details
In Greek mythology , the name Melas refers to a number of characters. Melas , son of Poseidon and an unnamed nymph of Chios , brother of Agelus. ref name Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 4. 8 Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 4. 8 ref He may or may not be identical to Melas , son of Poseidon, who was said to have given his name to the river Melas in Egypt , which was later renamed Nile . ref Pseudo Plutarch , On Rivers , 16 ref Melas , one of the sons of Phrixus and Chalciope . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 9. 1 ref ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 3 ref By Eurycleia, daughter of Athamas and Themisto , he became the father of Hyperes. ref Scholia on Pindar , Pythian Ode 4. 221 ref Melas , one of the sons of Porthaon and Euryte . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 7. 10 ref He was the father of Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops, Xanthippus and Sthenelaus, who were all slain by Tydeus for plotting against their uncle Oeneus . ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 1. 8. 5 ref Melas , one of the Tyrrhenian pirates who attempted to delude Dionysus but were transformed into dolphins by him. ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 134 ref Melas , son of Licymnius . He and his brother Argius accompanied Heracles in his campaign against Eurytus , and both fell in the battle. ref Apollodorus , Bibliotheca , 2. 7. 7 ref Melas , son of Oenopion and brother of Talus, Euanthes, Salagus and Athamas. He, together with his father and brothers, sailed from Crete to Chios and settled there. ref name Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7. 4. 8 Melas , son of Antasus, from Gonusa near Sicyon . He expressed desire to join the Dorians in their expedition against Corinth . Aletes consulted the oracle of Apollo about him the god expressed disapproval, and Aletes at first told Melas to go and search for other allies among the Greeks, but then changed his mind and, neglecting the prophecy, let him join. Melas was the ancestor of Cypselus . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 4. 4 ... more details
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