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Epopeus Of Sicyon
In Greek mythology, Epopeus (; Ancient Greek: Ἐπωπεύς) was the 17th king of Sicyon, with an archaic bird-name that linked him to ''epops'' (ἔποψ), the hoopoe, the "watcher". A fragment of Callimachus' ''Aitia'' ("Origins") appears to ask, "Why, at Sicyon, is it the hoopoe, and not the usual splendid ravens, that is the bird of good omen?" Etymology Epopeus name means 'all-seer', from ''epopao'', 'to look out', 'observe', in turn from ''epi'', 'over' and ''ops'', 'eye'. A suitable for one who is to be a king and oversee his people. Family Epopeus was the son of Poseidon either by princess Canace, daughter of King Aeolus of Thessaly, or by the Pleiad Alcyone. Yet, in some accounts, his father was Aloeus, son of Helius. Epopeus married the Theban princess Antiope, daughter of King Nycteus, by whom he had children: Oenope and Marathon. Mythology Reign Epopeus migrating from his homeland in Thessaly seized the kingdom of Sicyon from Lamedon, the supposed s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the Cosmogony, origin and Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, nature of the world, the lives and activities of List of Greek mythological figures, deities, Greek hero cult, heroes, and List of Greek mythological creatures, mythological creatures, and the origins and significance of the ancient Greeks' own cult (religious practice), cult and ritual practices. Modern scholars study the myths to shed light on the religious and political institutions of ancient Greece, and to better understand the nature of myth-making itself. The Greek myths were initially propagated in an oral tradition, oral-poetic tradition most likely by Minoan civilization, Minoan and Mycenaean Greece, Mycenaean singers starting in the 18th century BC; eventually the myths of the heroes of the Trojan War and its after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Julius Hyginus
Gaius Julius Hyginus (; 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' ''De Grammaticis'', 20. It is not clear whether Hyginus was a native of the Iberian Peninsula or of Alexandria. Suetonius remarks that Hyginus fell into great poverty in his old age and was supported by the historian Clodius Licinus. Hyginus was a voluminous author: his works included topographical and biographical treatises, commentaries on Helvius Cinna and the poems of Virgil, and disquisitions on agriculture and bee-keeping. All these are lost. Under the name of Hyginus there are extant what are probably two sets of school notes abbreviating his treatises on mythology; one is a collection of ''Fabulae'' ("stories"), the other a "Poetical Astronomy". ''Fabulae'' The ''Fabulae'' consists of some three hundred very brief and plainly, even crudely, to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euripides
Euripides (; grc, Εὐριπίδης, Eurīpídēs, ; ) was a tragedian Tragedy (from the grc-gre, τραγῳδία, ''tragōidia'', ''tragōidia'') is a genre of drama based on human suffering and, mainly, the terrible or sorrowful events that befall a main character. Traditionally, the intention of tragedy i ... of classical Athens. Along with Aeschylus and Sophocles, he is one of the three ancient Greek tragedians for whom any plays have survived in full. Some ancient scholars attributed ninety-five plays to him, but the ''Suda'' says it was ninety-two at most. Of these, eighteen or nineteen have survived more or less complete (''Rhesus (play), Rhesus'' is suspect). There are many fragments (some substantial) of most of his other plays. More of his plays have survived intact than those of Aeschylus and Sophocles together, partly because his popularity grew as theirs declinedMoses Hadas, ''Ten Plays by Euripides'', Bantam Classic (2006), Introduction, p. ixhe became, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eusebius
Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Christian polemicist. In about AD 314 he became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima in the Roman province of Syria Palaestina. Together with Pamphilus, he was a scholar of the biblical canon and is regarded as one of the most learned Christians during late antiquity. He wrote ''Demonstrations of the Gospel'', '' Preparations for the Gospel'' and ''On Discrepancies between the Gospels'', studies of the biblical text. As "Father of Church History" (not to be confused with the title of Church Father), he produced the ''Ecclesiastical History'', ''On the Life of Pamphilus'', the ''Chronicle'' and ''On the Martyrs''. He also produced a biographical work on Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, who was ''augustus'' between AD 306 and A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corax (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Corax (Ancient Greek: Κόραξ ''Korax'' or Κόρακος means 'raven') or Corex was the 16th king of Sicyon who reigned for 30 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref> Family Corax was the elder son and heir of King Coronus, descendant of the city's founder Aegialeus. He was brother of Lamedon. Mythology In some versions of the myth, Corax received the throne from his predecessor Echyreus, in whose reign Danaus became the king of Argos. After Corax died childless, Lamedon was his rightful successor, but Lamedon was usurped by Epopeus who came from Thessaly and seized the kingdom from him. In the latter's reign, the conflict between Sicyon and Thebes ensued.Pausanias, 2.6.1 Notes References * Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC * Pausanias of Sicily, phy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamedon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Lamedon ( ; Ancient Greek: Λαμέδων) also known as Laomedon, was the 18th king of Sicyon who reigned for 40 years.Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref> Family Lamedon was the younger son of King Coronus the Sicyonian, and brother to King Corex. He was married Pheno, daughter of the Athenian Clytius, and had by her a daughter Zeuxippe. Mythology After his older brother died without issue, Lamedon was to succeed him, but the kingdom was seized by Epopeus. However, Epopeus died of a wound he had received in the battle against Nycteus, and Lamedon took over as his heir; according to Pausanias, Lamedon was responsible for giving Antiope up to Lycus. Later, when Lamedon was engaged in a military conflict against Archander and Architeles (sons of Achaeus and the husbands of the Danaïdes Scaea and Automate), he had Sicyon of Attica for an ally. In reward for Sicyon's assistance, Lamedon gave him Zeuxippe to wife and pronounced him his successor.Pausanias, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thessaly
Thessaly ( el, Θεσσαλία, translit=Thessalía, ; ancient Thessalian: , ) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name. Before the Greek Dark Ages, Thessaly was known as Aeolia (, ), and appears thus in Homer's ''Odyssey''. Thessaly became part of the modern Greek state in 1881, after four and a half centuries of Ottoman rule. Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further (since the Kallikratis reform of 2011) sub-divided into five regional units and 25 municipalities. The capital of the region is Larissa. Thessaly lies in northern Greece and borders the regions of Macedonia on the north, Epirus on the west, Central Greece on the south, and the Aegean Sea on the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands. Name and etymology Thessaly is named after the ''Thessaloi'', an ancient Greek tribe. The meaning of the name of this tribe is unknow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pausanias (geographer)
Pausanias ( /pɔːˈseɪniəs/; grc-gre, Παυσανίας; c. 110 – c. 180) was a Greek traveler and geographer of the second century AD. He is famous for his ''Description of Greece'' (, ), a lengthy work that describes ancient Greece from his firsthand observations. ''Description of Greece'' provides crucial information for making links between classical literature and modern archaeology. Biography Not much is known about Pausanias apart from what historians can piece together from his own writing. However, it is mostly certain that he was born c. 110 AD into a Greek family and was probably a native of Lydia in Asia Minor. From c. 150 until his death in 180, Pausanias travelled through the mainland of Greece, writing about various monuments, sacred spaces, and significant geographical sites along the way. In writing ''Description of Greece'', Pausanias sought to put together a lasting written account of "all things Greek", or ''panta ta hellenika''. Living in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marathon (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Marathon ( grc, Μαραθῶνα), also Marathos or Marathus may refer to the same or four distinct characters who gave his name to Marathon, Greece, Marathon, a town in Attica. * Marathus, the 14th king of Sicyon who reigned for 20Eusebius, ''Chronographia'63/ref> or 30Jerome, St. Jerome, ''Chronicon'B1529 years. His predecessor was Marathonius and himself was succeeded by Echyreus, otherwise unknown. During his reign, Zeus slept with Io (mythology), Io, the daughter of Iasus (king of Argos), Iasus, and Cecrops I, Cecrops founded Athenai in Euboea which was also called Diada or as Euboeans called it as Orchomenus (Euboea), Orchomenon. Marathus may be similar with the below Marathon. * Marathon, a king of Ancient Corinth, Corinth after succeeding his father King Epopeus of Sicyon, Epopeus of Sicyon and Corinth. His mother was princess Antiope (mother of Amphion), Antiope, the Thebes, Greece, Theban daughter of Regent-king Nycteus. He was the brother of Oenope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oenope
In Greek mythology, Oenope or Oinope (Ancient Greek: Οινόπη) was a Sicyon, Sicyonian princess as daughter of King Epopeus (king of Sicyon), EpopeusGaius Julius Hyginus, Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 157 and possibly Antiope of Thebes, Antiope of Thebes, Greece, Thebes, thus sister to King Marathon (mythology), Marathon of Corinth. She was the mother of King Megareus of Onchestus, Megareus of Onchestos, Onchestus by the sea god Poseidon. Otherwise, the parentage of Megarus can be attributed to Onchestos (mythology), Onchestus,Plutarch, ''Quaestiones Graecae'16/ref> Apollo, AegeusStephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ''Megara'' or Hippomenes.Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), Apollodorus 3.15.8 Note References * Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), 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 Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nycteus
In Greek mythology, Nycteus (; el, Νυκτεύς, Nukteús, nocturnal) was a king of Thebes. His rule began after the death of Polydorus, and ended when he was succeeded by his brother Lycus. Family Nycteus and his brother Lycus were the sons of either Chthonius, one of the Spartoi,Apollodorus, 3.5.5 or of the nymph Clonia and Hyrieus, the son of Poseidon and the Atlantid Alkyone, or of Poseidon and the Pleiad Celaeno. Nycteus had two daughters by Polyxo, Nycteis and Antiope. Mythology The Nycteus and Lycus fled from Euboea after they murdered King Phlegyas, settling in Hyria and then moving to Thebes, because they were friends with Pentheus, its king. Nycteus's daughter, Nycteis married Polydorus, who was the successor of Pentheus, and their son was Labdacus. However, Pentheus and Polydorus both died soon after, and Nycteus became regent for Labdacus. After Antiope was impregnated by Zeus and fled to marry king Epopeus in Sicyon, the '' Bibliotheca'' reports that Nycteu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antiope (mother Of Amphion)
In Greek mythology, Antiope (; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόπη derived from ''αντι ''anti "against, compared to, like" and ''οψ ''ops "voice" or means "confronting") was the daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer; in later sources she is called the daughter of the "nocturnal" king Nycteus of Thebes or, in the ''Cypria'', of Lycurgus, but for Homer her site is purely Boeotian. She was the mother of Amphion and Zethus. Myth Her beauty attracted Zeus, who, assuming the form of a satyr, rapes her. A.B. Cook noted that her myth "took on a Dionysiac colouring, Antiope being represented as a Maenad and Zeus as a Satyr". This is the sole mythic episode in which Zeus transforms into a satyr. Being pregnant with Zeus's child, Antiope feared the wrath of her father, Nycteus, and fled to Sicyon, where she married Epopeus.Roman, L., & Roman, M. (2010). After this she was carried off by Epopeus, who was venerated as a hero in Sicyon; he would not give her up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
