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Alectryon Macrococcus Var. Auwahiensis
Alectryon may refer to: *Alectryon (mythology) Alectryon (from Ancient Greek: , ''Alektruṓn'' , literally meaning "rooster") in Greek mythology, was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares, the god of war, to guard the outside of his bedroom door while the god took part in a love affair wi ... * Alector, father of one of the Argonauts, referred to by Homer as "Alectryon" * ''Alectryon'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Sapindaceae {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alectryon (mythology)
Alectryon (from Ancient Greek: , ''Alektruṓn'' , literally meaning "rooster") in Greek mythology, was a young soldier who was assigned by Ares, the god of war, to guard the outside of his bedroom door while the god took part in a love affair with the love goddess Aphrodite. Alectryon however failed at his job when he fell asleep, allowing Helios, the god of the Sun, to see the two lovers and alert Hephaestus, the husband of Aphrodite, thereupon Ares changed him into a rooster in anger, in an etiological myth that attempts to explain the origin of roosters and the reason why they crow each morning at dawn, warning of the Sun approaching. The myth is not mentioned by Homer, who first related the story of Ares and Aphrodite's infidelity in his ''Odyssey'', but rather it was interpolated later by various authors. Mythology According to Lucian, Alectryon was said to have been 'an adolescent boy, beloved of Ares, who kept the god company at drinking parties, overindulged with him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alector
Alector (; Ancient Greek: Ἀλέκτωρ) refers to more than one person in classical mythology and history: *Alector, son of Magnes and Meliboea, eponyms of Magnesia and the town of Meliboea respectively. *Alector, the Boeotian father of Leitus. Homer calls him " Alectryon", and Diodorus "Electryon", naming him among the sons of Itonus. According to Tzetzes, Alector was also the father of Clonius, Arcesilaus and Prothoenor (his nephews according to Diodorus) by different mothers: he is said to have fathered Leitus with Polybule, Arcesilaus with Cleobule, Prothoenor with Arteis, and Clonius with Acteis. *Alector, an Elean prince as the son of King Epeius, and brother of Hyrmine. He was allied with Phorbas of Thessaly. By the latter's daughter Diogeneia, he became father of Amarynceus. *Alector, the Argive son of Anaxagoras and father of King Iphis of Argos. *Alector of Sparta, son of Argeus (son of Pelops) and Hegesandra, daughter of King Amyclas. He has two brothers, Melanion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |