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Arestor
In Greek mythology, Arestor (Ancient Greek: Ἀρέστωρ, ''gen''.: Ἀρέστορος) may refer to two distinct characters: * Arestor, an Argive prince as the son of Phorbas (possibly by Euboea) or IasusScholion on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 1646 or Ecbasus. According to Pausanias, he was the husband of Mycene, the daughter of Inachus, from whom the city of Mycenae derived its name. Possibly by this woman, Arestor was the father of Argus Panoptes who was called therefore ''Arestorides''. Pelasgus, father of Lycaon of Arcadia, was also called the son of Arestor. * Arestor, father of another Argus, the builder of ''Argo''.Apollonius of Rhodes, ''Argonautica'' 1.112; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 883 Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argus Panoptes
Argus or Argos Panoptes ( grc, Ἄργος Πανόπτης, All-seeing Argos) is a many-eyed giant in Greek mythology. Mythology Argus Panoptes (), guardian of the heifer-nymph Io and son of Arestor and probably Mycene (in other version son of Gaia), was a primordial giant whose epithet ''Panoptes'', "all-seeing", led to his being described with multiple, often one hundred, eyes. The epithet ''Panoptes'' was applied to the god of the Sun, Helios, and was taken up as an epithet by Zeus, ''Zeus Panoptes''. "In a way," Walter Burkert observes, "the power and order of Argos the city are embodied in Argos the neatherd, lord of the herd and lord of the land, whose name itself is the name of the land."The epithet ''Panoptes'', reflecting his mythic role, set by Hera as a very effective watchman of Io, was described in a fragment of a lost poem '' Aigimios'', attributed to Hesiod: In the 5th century and later, Argus' wakeful alertness was explained for an increasingly literal cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argonautica
The ''Argonautica'' ( el, Ἀργοναυτικά , translit=Argonautika) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the ''Argonautica'' tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous Colchian princess/sorceress Medea were already well known to Hellenistic audiences, which enabled Apollonius to go beyond a simple narrative, giving it a scholarly emphasis suitable to the times. It was the age of the great Library of Alexandria, and his epic incorporates his research in geography, ethnography, comparative religion, and Homeric literature. However, his main contribution to the epic tradition lies in his development of the love between hero and heroine – he seems to have been the first narrative poet to study "the pathology of love". His ''Argonautica'' had a profound impact on Latin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mycene (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Mycene or Mykene (Ancient Greek: Μυκήνη), was a daughter of Inachus, king of Argos, the sister of Phoroneus, and the wife of Arestor. She was said to be the eponym of Mycenae. Mythology Homer's ''Odyssey'', calling her "Mycene of the fair crown" mentions her in passing, along with Tyro and Alcmene, as "women of old ... fair-tressed Achaean women". Pausanias, citing the ''Megalai Ehoiai'', says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. However, a scholiast on Homer's ''Odyssey'' says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the Oceanid nymph Melia, and that, according to the Epic Cycle, Mycene and Arestor were the parents of Argus Panoptes. As the daughter of Inachus, she would have been therefore the sister of Phoroneus, who, according to Argive tradition, was the first man, or first inhabitant of Argos, who lived during the time of the Great Flood, associated with Deucalion. According to Pausan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argus (son Of Arestor)
In Greek mythology, Argus (; Ancient Greek: Ἄργος ''Argos'') was the builder and eponym of the ship ''Argo'', and consequently one of the Argonauts; he was said to have constructed the ship under Athena's guidance. Argus was commissioned to build the Argo by King Pelias (ruler of Iolcus) so that the crew that would come to be known as the Argonauts could find and bring the Golden Fleece back to Iolcus, which was in Thessaly. Family Argus' parentage is debated, but most often he is referred to be the son of Arestor. The latter was a member of the Argive royal house, is given as his father by Apollonius Rhodius and John Tzetzes, but Hyginus says Argus' parents were Polybus and Argia or Danaus to be his father. Mythology In Valerius Flaccus' ''Argonautica'', Argus is said to have originated from Thespiae. Argus was also credited with creating a wooden statue of Hera that was a cult object in Tiryns. King Pelias did not believe that the crew would be able to come ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iasus (king Of Argos)
In Greek mythology, Iasus (; Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (; Ἰάσιος) was a king of Argos. Family According to Hellanicus of Lesbos, Phoroneus had at least three sons: Agenor, Jasus (Iasus) and Pelasgus. In Apollodorus' '' Bibliotheca'', Iasus was the son of Argus and Ismene (daughter of Asopus) and thus brother of Argus Panoptes. In a Scholia on Euripides' ''Orestes'', Triopas and Sois are called his parents and Pelasgus is his brother.Scholia on Euripides, ''Orestes'' 932 Pausanias described Iasus as the son of Triopas (son of Phorbas) and brother of Agenor. Generally most scholars agree that Iasus was the father of Io by Leucane. Possibly by the latter, he also fathered Arestor, father of Pelasgus who migrated to Arcadia. Reign After the death of Phoroneus, the two elder brothers, Pelasgus and Iasus, divided his dominions between themselves in such a manner that Pelasgus received the country about the river Erasmus, and built Larissa, and Iasus t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelasgus
In Greek mythology, Pelasgus ( grc, Πελασγός, ''Pelasgós'' means "ancient") was the eponymous ancestor of the Pelasgians, the mythical inhabitants of Greece who established the worship of the Dodonaean Zeus, Hephaestus, the Cabeiri, and other divinities. In the different parts of the country once occupied by Pelasgians, there existed different traditions as to the origin and connection of Pelasgus. The Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks even used to believe that he was the first man. Inachid Pelasgoí of Argos : In Argos, Peloponnese, Argos, several King of Argos, Inachid kings were called Pelasgus: * Pelasgus, brother to Apis (Greek mythology), Apis both sons of Phoroneus, is said to have founded the city of Argos in Peloponnesus, to have taught the people agriculture, and to have received Demeter, on her wanderings, at Argos, where his tomb was shown in later times. * Pelasgus, son of Triopas of Argos, Triopas and Sois (mythology), Sois, and a brother of Iasus, Agenor, son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phorbas (king Of Argos)
In Greek mythology, Phorbas (Ancient Greek: Φόρβας, Genitive case, gen. Φόρβαντος) or Phorbaceus was the sixth king of Argos. Family Phorbas was given two different parentage and progeny by various sources. According to ''scholia'' on Euripides, his parents were Criasus and Melantho (MelantomiceAugustine, ''City of God'18.8/ref>), brother of Ereuthalion and Cleoboea and father of Arestor and Triopas by Euboea (mythology), Euboea. While Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias stated that Phorbas was the son of Argus (mythology), Argus, brother of Piras (mythology), Peirasus and possibly Tiryns and Epidaurus (mythology), Epidaurus as they were sons of Argus. His mother in the latter case maybe Evadne, daughter of river god Strymon (mythology), Strymon. In which case, both authors agree that he had a son Triopas who also became a king after him. Another son, Pellen (mythology), Pellen (Pelles) was credited to be the founder of the city of Pellene in Achaea (ancient region), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euboea (mythology)
Euboea (; Ancient Greek: Εὔβοια means 'well-cattle') was the name of several women in Greek mythology. *Euboea, one of the Argive naiad daughters of the river-god Asterion. She and her sisters, Acraea and Prosymna, were the nurses of Hera. *Euboea, mother of Triopas and possibly Arestor by Phorbas. *Euboea, one of the naiad daughters of the river-god Asopus and possibly Metope, the river-nymph daughter of the river Ladon.Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1 She was the sister of Aegina, Thebe, Plataea, Sinope, Thespia, Tanagra, Corcyra and Salamis. The last two and 'lovely' Euboea were all abducted by Poseidon from their father.Corinna, fr. 654 (trans. Campbell) The god brought her to Euboea where she became the eponymous heroine of the island. She may identical with Chalcis or Combe, daughters of Asopus in some myths. *Euboea, daughter of Larymnus. She and Polybus of Sicyon were possible parents of Glaucus. *Euboea, daughter of Macareus, king of Locris. She bore Apollo a son, Agre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecbasus
In Greek mythology, Ecbasus (Ancient Greek: Έκβασος) was an Argive prince as the son of King Argus, son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus. Ecbasus mother was either Evadne, daughter of the river-god Strymon or the Oceanid Peitho while Criasus, Iasus, Peiranthus, Epidaurus and Tiryns were listed as his brothers. Criasus succeeded their father to the throne of Argos. Ecbasus was the father of Agenor, the father of Argus Panoptes who guards Io.Apollodorus2.1.1 Hyginus, ''Fabulae'145/ref> In some accounts, he fathered Arestor who became the father of Pelasgus, father of Lycaon of Arcadia.Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica'' s.v. Parrasia' Notes Princes in Greek mythology Inachids Mythology of Argos References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4Online version at the Perseus Digital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argo
In Greek mythology the ''Argo'' (; in Greek: ) was a ship built with the help of the gods that Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolcos to Colchis to retrieve the Golden Fleece. The ship has gone on to be used as a motif in a variety of sources beyond the original legend from books, films and more. Name Most accounts name the ship after her builder, Argus. Cicero suggested that it was named after the "Argives", a term commonly used by Homer for the Greek people of Argos. Diodorus Siculus reported that some thought the name was derived from an ancient Greek word for 'swift', which could have indicated that the ship was designed to move quickly. The adjective, occasionally found, is ''Argoan'' , from Greek ''Ἀργῶος'' through Latin ''Argōus''. Legend Construction of the ''Argo'' The ''Argo'' was constructed by the shipwright Argus, and its crew were specially protected by the goddess Hera. The best source for the myth is the ''Argonautica'' by Apollonius Rhodius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tzetzes
John Tzetzes ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης Τζέτζης, Iōánnēs Tzétzēs; c. 1110, Constantinople – 1180, Constantinople) was a Byzantine poet and grammarian who is known to have lived at Constantinople in the 12th century. He was able to preserve much valuable information from ancient Greek literature and scholarship. Biography Tzetzes described himself as pure Greek on his father's side and part Iberian (Georgian) on his mother's side. In his works, Tzetzes states that his grandmother was a relative of the Georgian Bagratid princess Maria of Alania who came to Constantinople with her and later became the second wife of the ''sebastos'' Constantine Keroularios, ''megas droungarios'' and nephew of the patriarch Michael Keroularios. He worked as a secretary to a provincial governor for a time and later began to earn a living by teaching and writing. He was described as vain, seems to have resented any attempt at rivalry, and violently attacked his fellow grammarians. Owin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycophron
Lycophron (; grc-gre, Λυκόφρων ὁ Χαλκιδεύς; born about 330–325 BC) was a Hellenistic Greek tragic poet, grammarian, sophist, and commentator on comedy, to whom the poem ''Alexandra'' is attributed (perhaps falsely). Life and miscellaneous works He was born at Chalcis in Euboea, and flourished at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy Philadelphus (285–247 BC). According to the ''Suda'', the massive tenth century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopaedia, he was the son of Socles, but was adopted by Lycus of Rhegium. He was entrusted by Ptolemy with the task of arranging the comedies in the Library of Alexandria; as the result of his labours he composed a treatise ''On Comedy''. Lycophron is also said to have been a skilful writer of anagrams. Tragedies The poetic compositions of Lycophron chiefly consisted of tragedies, which secured him a place in the Pleiad of Alexandrian tragedians. The ''Suda'' gives the titles of twenty tragedies, of which a very few fragm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
