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Arrhon
In Greek mythology, Arrhon (Ancient Greek: Ἄρρωνος) may refer to the two different figures: * Arrhon, a Minyan prince as the son of King Clymenus (Periclymenus) of Orchomenus and Buzyge (or Budeia) and his brothers were Erginus, Azeus, Pyleus, Stratius,Pausanias, 9.37.1 Eurydice and Axia. Together with his brothers, they attacked Thebes and, being victorious, imposed on the city a tribute to be paid each year for the murder of their father Clymenus. * Arrhon, an Arcadian king as the son of Erymanthus, a descendant of King Lycaon of Arcadia. He was the father of Psophis, one of the possible eponyms for the city of Psophis.Pausanias, 8.24.1 Notes References * Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratius
In Greek mythology, Stratius or Stratios (; Ancient Greek: Στάτιος or Στράτιόν means 'of an army') may refer to three distinct figures: * Stratius, an Orchomenus (Boeotia), Orchomenian prince as the son of King Clymenus of the MinyansPausanias (geographer), Pausanias, 9.37.1 and possibly, Budeia, Boudeia or Bouzyge, daughter of Lycus (mythology), Lycus. He was the brother of Erginus, Arrhon, Pyleus, Azeus, Eurydice of Pylos, Eurydice and Axia (mythology), Axia. * Stratius, also known as Stratichus, son of King Nestor (mythology), Nestor of Pylos. * Stratius, one of the comrades of the Achaeans (Homer), Greek hero Odysseus. When the latter and 12 of his crew came into the port of Sicily, the Cyclopes, Cyclops Polyphemus seized and confined them. The monster then slain Stratius and five others namely: Antiphon (mythology), Antiphon, Euryleon (mythology), Euryleon, Apheidas, Cepheus (mythology), Kepheus, and Menetus (mythology), Menetos, while the remaining six survived. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budeia
In Greek mythology, the name Budeia or Budea (Ancient Greek: Βούδεια ''Boúdeia'', "oxen-yoker") may refer to: *Budeia, a surname of Athena in Thessaly. *Budeia, daughter of Lycus.Scholia on Apollonius, 1.185; Stephanus, s.v. ''Boudeia'' She was the wife of the Orchomenian king, Clymenus and mother of his children, including Erginus, Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus, Azeus,Pausanias, 9.37.1 Eurydice and Axia. The Boeotian town of Budeion was named after herEustathius on Homer, ''Iliad'' 1076 or alternatively attributed it to the Argive hero Budeion.Stephanus, s.v. Boudeia' An alternate spelling of her name is Buzyge (Βουζύγη ''Bouzyge'' same meaning as ''Boudeia'') Notes References *Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axia (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Axia (Ancient Greek: Ἀξίας) was a Minyan princess as the daughter of King ClymenusStephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica'' s.v. Axia' of Orchomenus and Budeia, daughter of Lycus.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'' 1.185; Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica'' s.v. ''Boudeia'' She was the sister of Erginus, Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus, AzeusPausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 9.37.1 and Eurydice, wife of Nestor of Pylos.Homer, ''Odyssey'' 3.452 A town in Ozolian Locris was named after her. Notes References * Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. * |
Azeus
In Greek mythology, Azeus (Ancient Greek: Ἀζεύς) was a Minyan prince as the youngest among the sons of King Clymenus of Orchomenus and Boudeia, daughter of Lycus. He was the brother of Erginus, Stration, Arrhon, Pyleus,Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 9.37.1 Eurydice and Axia. Azeus was the father of King Actor, father of Astyoche who coupled with Ares and begat Ascalaphus and Ialmenus, the Orchomenian leaders during the Trojan War. Mythology Azeus went with his brothers, under the command of Erginus against Thebes, to take vengeance for the murder of his father, who had been slain by the Thebans at a festival of the Onchestian Poseidon.Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 9.37.2 Notes References * Homer, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erginus Of Orchomenus
In Greek mythology, Erginus ( grc, Ἐργῖνος) was a king of Minyan Orchomenus in Boeotia. Family Erginus was the son of Clymenus or Periclymenus, his predecessor, and Buzyge (or Budeia) and his brothers were Arrhon, Azeus, Pyleus, Stratius, Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 9.37.1 Eurydice and Axia. In one account, his father was instead Azeus. Some authors identify him with another Erginus, a Milesian Argonaut. Mythology Erginus avenged his father's death at the hands of Perieres, charioteer of Menoeceus of Thebes; he made war against Thebans, inflicting a heavy defeat. The Thebans were compelled to pay King Erginus a tribute of 100 oxen per year for twenty years. However, the tribute ended earlier than Erginus expected, when Heracles attacked the Minyan emissaries sent to exact the tribute. This prompted a second war between Orchomenus and Thebes, only this time Thebes (under the leadership of Heracles) was victorious, and a double tribute was imposed on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erymanthus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Erymanthus (Ancient Greek: Ἑρύμανθος) may refer to: *Erymanthus, god of the river Erymanthus. He was worshipped at Psophis. *Erymanthus, son of Apollo, who saw Aphrodite bathing naked after making love with Adonis, and was blinded by the angry goddess. Apollo took revenge on Aphrodite by changing himself into a boar and killing Adonis (see Erymanthian Boar). *Erymanthus, an Arcadian king as the son of Aristas, descendant of King Lycaon. He became the father of Arrhon, and grandfather of Psophis (male). Alternately, Erymanthus was the son of Arcas, the father of Xanthus, and again grandfather of another Psophis (female).Pausanias, 8.24.1 Notes References * Claudius Aelianus, ''Varia Historia'' translated by Thomas Stanley (d.1700) edition of 1665Online version at the Topos Text Project.* Claudius Aelianus, ''Claudii Aeliani de natura animalium libri xvii, varia historia, epistolae, fragmenta, Vol 2''. Rudolf Hercher. In Aedibus B.G. Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psophis (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Psophis (Ancient Greek: Ψώφιδα) was the name of three characters (one male and two female), all of whom were considered possible eponyms for the city of Psophis. They are enlisted in one passage of Pausanias' ''Description of Greece''. ''Male:'' *Psophis, a descendant of Nyctimus, son of King Lycaon of Arcadia. The lineage is as follows: Nyctimus - Periphetes - Parthaon - Aristas - Erymanthus - Arrhon - Psophis.Pausanias8.24.1/ref> ''Female:'' *Psophis, an Arcadian princess as the daughter of King Lycaon, is mentioned as the possible eponym of the city by Stephanus of Byzantium. *Psophis, daughter of Xanthus and granddaughter of Erymanthus (son of Arcas). *Psophis, daughter of Eryx, a Sicilian despot. She was made pregnant by Heracles, who then entrusted her to his friend Lycortas, a native of the city of Phegeia (older name for the city of Psophis). She gave birth to two sons, Echephron and Promachus, who were brought up in Phegeia and renamed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clymenus
In Greek mythology, Clymenus (; grc, Κλύμενος, Klúmenos} means "notorious" or "renowned") may refer to multiple individuals: *Clymenus, a son of Phoroneus by either Cerdo or Teledice In Greek mythology, Teledice (Ancient Greek: Τηλεδικη ''Têledikê'' means ''"far-reaching"''), the nymph wife of the first mortal king Phoroneus of Peloponesse, thus mother of Apis and Niobe. Other sources called the consort(s) of Phoron ... or Cinna (mythology), Cinna. He and his sister Chthonia founded a sanctuary of Demeter. *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 (Heliades), Merope (usually said to be the offspring of Helios and Clymene (mythology), Clymene). These include Phaethon, Phaëton and the Heliades: Merope (Heliades), Merope, Helie, Aegle (mythology), Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe (Heliades), Phoebe, Aetherie, and Dioxippe (Heliades), Dioxippe. Sometimes Phaethousa is included in thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eponyms
An eponym is a person, a place, or a thing after whom or which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. The adjectives which are derived from the word eponym include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''. Usage of the word The term ''eponym'' functions in multiple related ways, all based on an explicit relationship between two named things. A person, place, or thing named after a particular person share an eponymous relationship. In this way, Elizabeth I of England is the eponym of the Elizabethan era. When Henry Ford is referred to as "the ''eponymous'' founder of the Ford Motor Company", his surname "Ford" serves as the eponym. The term also refers to the title character of a fictional work (such as Rocky Balboa of the ''Rocky'' film series), as well as to ''self-titled'' works named after their creators (such as the album ''The Doors'' by the band the Doors). Walt Disney created the eponymous Walt Disney Company, with his name similarly extended to theme parks such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odyssey
The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major Ancient Greek literature, ancient Greek Epic poetry, epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', the poem is divided into 24 books. It follows the Greek hero cult, Greek hero Odysseus, king of Homer's Ithaca, Ithaca, and his journey home after the Trojan War. After the war, which lasted ten years, his journey lasted for ten additional years, during which time he encountered many perils and all his crew mates were killed. In his absence, Odysseus was assumed dead, and his wife Penelope and son Telemachus had to contend with a Suitors of Penelope, group of unruly suitors who were competing for Penelope's hand in marriage. The ''Odyssey'' was originally composed in Homeric Greek in around the 8th or 7th century BCE and, by the mid-6th century BCE, had become part of the Greek literary canon. In Classic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycaon (king Of Arcadia)
In Greek mythology, Lycaon (/laɪˈkeɪɒn/; grc-att, Λυκᾱ́ων, ) was a king of Arcadia who, in the most popular version of the myth, tested Zeus' omniscience by serving him the roasted flesh of Lycaon's own son Nyctimus, in order to see whether Zeus was truly all-knowing. In return for these gruesome deeds, Zeus transformed Lycaon into a wolf and killed his offspring; Nyctimus was restored to life. Despite being notorious for his horrific deeds, Lycaon was also remembered as a culture hero: he was believed to have founded the city Lycosura, to have established a cult of Zeus Lycaeus and to have started the tradition of the Lycaean Games, which Pausanias thinks were older than the Panathenaic Games. According to Gaius Julius Hyginus (d. AD 17), Lycaon dedicated the first temple to Hermes of Cyllene.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 225 Family Lycaon was the son of Pelasgus and either the Oceanid Meliboea or Deianira, daughter of another Lycaon. His wife was called Cyllene, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psophis
Psophis (Ancient Greek: , '' Eth.'' ) was an ancient Greek city in the northwest end of Arcadia, bounded on the north by Arcadia, and on the west by Elis. It was located near the modern village Psofida, part of the municipality Kalavryta. City name and mythology Psophis was said to have been originally called Erymanthus, and its territory to have been ravaged by the Erymanthian Boar.Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' viii. 24. § 2-10 It afterwards received the name of Phegia or Phegeia ( or ), apparently from the oaks ( Gr. ''phegoi'', ) which at least up until the 19th century could still be found upon the site of the town. The ancients, as usual, derived the name from an eponymous founder, Phegeus. The city was said to have been renamed "Psophis" by Echephron and Promachus, two sons of Heracles, who are said to have come from Sicily, and who named the town after their mother, Psophis. The city, while still called "Phegia", was celebrated as the residence of Alcmaeon, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
