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Deucalionids
In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; grc-gre, Δευκαλίων) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene, Hesione, or Pronoia.A scholium to ''Odyssey'' 10.2 (='' Catalogue'' fr. 4) reports that Hesiod called Deucalion's mother "Pryneie" or "Prynoe", corrupt forms which Dindorf believed to conceal Pronoea's name. The emendation is considered to have "undeniable merit" by A. Casanova (1979) ''La famiglia di Pandora: analisi filologica dei miti di Pandora e Prometeo nella tradizione esiodea''. Florence, p. 145. He is closely connected with the flood myth in Greek mythology. Etymology According to folk etymology, Deucalion's name comes from , ''deukos'', a variant of , ''gleucos'', i.e. "sweet new wine, must, sweetness" and from , ''haliéus'', i.e. "sailor, seaman, fisher". His wife Pyrrha's name derives from the adjective , -ά, -όν, ''pyrrhós, -á, -ón'', i.e. "flame-colored, orange". Family Of Deucalion's birth, the ''Argonautica'' (from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amphictyon
Amphictyon or Amphiktyon (; grc, Ἀμφικτύων), in Greek mythology, was a king of Thermopylae and later Athens. In one account, he was the ruler of Locris. Pseudo-Scymnos, ''Circuit de la terre'' 587 ff. Etymology The name of Amphictyon is a back-formation from ''Amphictyons'', plural, from Latin ''Amphictyones'', from Greek ''Amphiktyones, Amphiktiones'', literally, "neighbors" or "those dwelling around" from ''amphi- + -ktyones, -ktiones'' (from ''ktizein'' to found); akin to Sanskrit ''kṣeti'' he dwells, ''kṣiti'' abode, Avestan ''shitish'' dwelling, Armenian ''šen'' inhabited, cultivated. Family Amphictyon was the second son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, although there was also a tradition that he was autochthonous (born from the earth);Apollodorus, 3.14.6 he was also said to be a son of Hellen, his brother in the first account. Amphictyon's other (possible) siblings besides Hellen were Protogeneia, Thyia, Pandora II, Melantho (Melanthea) and Candybus. Amphict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Δευκαλίων
In Greek mythology, Deucalion (; grc-gre, wikt:Δευκαλίων#Ancient Greek, Δευκαλίων) was the son of Prometheus; ancient sources name his mother as Clymene (mythology), Clymene, Hesione (Oceanid), Hesione, or Pronoia (mythology), Pronoia.A Scholia, scholium to ''Odyssey'' 10.2 (=''Catalogue of Women, Catalogue'' fr. 4) reports that Hesiod called Deucalion's mother "Pryneie" or "Prynoe", corrupt forms which Karl Wilhelm Dindorf, Dindorf believed to conceal Pronoea's name. The emendation is considered to have "undeniable merit" by A. Casanova (1979) ''La famiglia di Pandora: analisi filologica dei miti di Pandora e Prometeo nella tradizione esiodea''. Florence, p. 145. He is closely connected with the flood myth in Greek mythology. Etymology According to folk etymology, Deucalion's name comes from , ''deukos'', a variant of , ''gleucos'', i.e. "sweet new wine, must, sweetness" and from , ''haliéus'', i.e. "sailor, seaman, fisher". His wife Pyrrha's name derives fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Candybus
In Greek mythology, Candybus (Ancient Greek: Κάνδυβος) was a Phthian prince. Family Candybus was the son of the King Deucalion and Pyrrha, daughter of the Titan Epimetheus and Pandora. He was the possible brother of Hellen, Amphictyon, Pandora II, Protogeneia, Thyia and Melantho. Mythology The town of Candyba in Lycia was believed to have received its name from Candybus.Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica'' s.v. ''Κάνδυβα'' Note Reference * Stephanus of Byzantium Stephanus or Stephan of Byzantium ( la, Stephanus Byzantinus; grc-gre, Στέφανος Βυζάντιος, ''Stéphanos Byzántios''; centuryAD), was a Byzantine grammarian and the author of an important geographical dictionary entitled ''Ethni ..., ''Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt,'' edited by August Meineike (1790–1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady KieslingOnline version at the Topos Text ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pandora Of Thessaly
In Greek mythology, Pandora ( grc, Πανδώρα, derived from ' "all" and "gift", thus "all-gifted" or "all-giving") was Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion of Thessaly. She was named after her maternal grandmother, the more famous Pandora. Biography Pandora's mother was Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was the sister of Hellen and Thyia. Her other possible siblings were Amphictyon, Protogeneia, Melantho ( Melantheia) and Candybus. According to the Hesiodic ''Catalogue of Women'', Pandora was the mother of Graecus by the god Zeus. The same parentage can be attributed to Latinus. In some accounts, Pandora's children by Zeus were called Melera and Pandorus.Pseudo-Clement, ''Recognitions'10.21/ref> Notes References * Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2). *Hesiod, ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protogeneia
Protogeneia (; Ancient Greek: means "the firstborn"), in Greek mythology, may refer to: *Protogeneia, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion of Thessaly and Pyrrha, mythological progenitors of the Hellenes. She was the sister of Hellen and Amphictyon, and possibly of Thyia and Pandora II, Melantho (Melanthea) and Candybus. By Zeus, Protogeneia became the mother of Opus, Aethlius, Aetolus and possibly of Dorus. *Protogeneia, also called Cambyse, daughter of the above Opus. Zeus carried her off from the land of the Epeans and became by her, on mount Maenalus in Arcadia, the father of Opus II.Hardp. 564 Scholia on Pindar, ''Olympian'9.85 (Drachmann, pp. 288–289) ''BNJ'' 4 F117a She was later received by Locrus who for being childless, married Protogeneia and adopted her son Opus as his own. *Protogeneia, a Calydonian princess as the daughter of King Calydon and Aeolia, daughter of Amythaon, and thus sister to Epicaste. By Ares, Protogeneia became the mother of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pronous (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pronous (Ancient Greek: Πρόνοος ''Pronoos'' means 'careful, prudent') was the name of the following characters: * Pronoos, the Locrian son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the legendary progenitors of the Greek race. He was the brother of Orestheus and Marathonios. In one source, Pronous was named as the father of Hellen. *Pronous, son of Phegeus, king of Psophis. Along with his brother Agenor he killed Alcmaeon (counted among the Epigoni), following his father's instructions. These brothers were thereafter killed by the sons of Alcmaeon ( Amphoterus and Acarnan), or perhaps by their own sister Arsinoe, wife of Alcmaeon. Otherwise, Pausanias calls the two sons of Phegeus, Axion and Temenus. *Pronous, one of the Trojans. He was killed by Patroclus during the Trojan War. * Pronous, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Ithaca along with 11 other wooers.Apollodorus, Epitome 7.30 He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathonius
In Greek mythology, Marathonius or Marathonios may refer to two distinct characters: * Marathonius, the 13th king of Sicyon who reigned for 30 years. His predecessor was Orthopolis and himself was succeeded by Marathus. During his reign, Cecrops Diphyes became the first king of Attica. * Marathonios, the Locrian son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the legendary progenitors of the Greek race. He was the brother of Orestheus and Pronous, father of Hellen In Greek mythology, Hellen (; grc, Ἕλλην) is the eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes. He is the child of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and the father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, by whom he is the ancestor of the Greek peop .... Notes Reference * Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2). {{Greek myth index Mythological kings of Sicyon Kings in Greek mythology Deucalionids Sicyonian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orestheus
Orestheus (Ancient Greek: derived from ''oresteros'' "mountainous" from όρος ''oros'' "mountain, hill"), in Greek mythology, was a name attributed to two individuals. *Orestheus, a king of the Ozolian Locris, Ozolian Locrians in Aetolia. He was the son of Deucalion and Pyrrha of Thessaly, Pyrrha, the legendary progenitors of the Greeks, Greek race. Orestheus was the brother of Pronous (mythology), Pronous and Marathonius. His dog was said to have given birth to a piece of wood which he concealed in the earth. In the spring, a vine grew forth from it, from the sprouts of which (Greek ὅζοι ''ozoi'' "branches") Orestheus derived the name of his people. *Orestheus, an Arcadia (region), Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon of Arcadia, Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene (mythology), Cyllene, Nonacris (mythology), Nonacris or by unknown woman. He was the reputed founder of Arcadian Oresthasion, which is said afterwards to have been called Oresteion, fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hellen
In Greek mythology, Hellen (; grc, Ἕλλην) is the eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes. He is the child of Deucalion (or Zeus) and Pyrrha, and the father of three sons, Dorus, Xuthus, and Aeolus, by whom he is the ancestor of the Greek peoples. Family The ''Catalogue of Women'' (sixth century BC?) is a fragmentary poem attributed to Hesiod; the work is structured around a large genealogy of mortals, Hellen's family being described in Book 1 of the poem. According to a scholion on Apollonius of Rhodes' ''Argonautica'', Hellen, in the poem, is called the son of Pyrrha, by either Deucalion, or alternatively, by Prometheus (who is called the father of Deucalion in the same passage). The latter parentage, however, it seems was not a part of the ''Catalogue'', but rather a mistake on the part of the scholion. A scholion on the ''Odyssey'' similarly calls Hellen a son of Deucalion and Pyrrha, giving his siblings as Amphictyon, Protogeneia, and Melanthea (Melantho). The scholion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thyia Of Thessaly
In Greek mythology, Thyia (; grc, Θυία ''Thuia'' derived from the verb ''θύω'' "to sacrifice") was a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion of Thessaly. Biography Thyia's mother was Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was the sister of Hellen and Pandora II, and possibly of Amphictyon, Protogeneia, Melantho (Melanthea) and Candybus. Like her other sisters, Thyia bore to Zeus sons namely, Magnes and Makednos (the claimed ancestor of the Macedonians). Her account was according to a quotation from Hesiod's lost work the ''Catalogue of Women'', preserved in the '' De Thematibus'' of Constantine Porphyrogenitus and in Stephanus of Byzantium's ''Ethnika''.Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Makedonia' Notes References * Hesiod, ''Catalogue of Women'' from ''Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica'' translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914Online version at theio.com* Stephanus of Byzantium Stepha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scholia
Scholia (singular scholium or scholion, from grc, σχόλιον, "comment, interpretation") are grammatical, critical, or explanatory comments – original or copied from prior commentaries – which are inserted in the margin of the manuscript of ancient authors, as glosses. One who writes scholia is a scholiast. The earliest attested use of the word dates to the 1st century BC. History Ancient scholia are important sources of information about many aspects of the ancient world, especially ancient literary history. The earliest scholia, usually anonymous, date to the 5th or 4th century BC (such as the ''scholia minora'' to the ''Iliad''). The practice of compiling scholia continued to late Byzantine times, outstanding examples being Archbishop Eustathius' massive commentaries to Homer in the 12th century and the ''scholia recentiora'' of Thomas Magister, Demetrius Triclinius and Manuel Moschopoulos in the 14th. Scholia were altered by successive copyists an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrrha
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (; Ancient Greek: Πύρρα) was the daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora and wife of Deucalion of whom she had three sons, Hellen, Amphictyon, Orestheus; and three daughters Protogeneia, Pandora II and Thyia. According to some accounts, Hellen or Helmetheus was credited to be born from Pyrrha's union with Zeus. Etymology In Latin, the word ''pyrrhus'' means red from the Greek adjective πυρρός, ''purrhos'', i.e. "flame coloured", "the colour of fire", "fiery red" or simply "red" or "reddish". Pyrrha was evidently named after her red hair as HoraceHorace, ''Odes'' 1.5 and Ovid describe her as red haired. Mythology When Zeus decided to end the Bronze Age with the great deluge, Pyrrha and her husband, Deucalion, were the only survivors. Even though he was imprisoned, Prometheus who could see the future and had foreseen the coming of this flood told his son, Deucalion, to build an ark and, thus, they survived. During the flood, they landed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
