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Henioche
In Greek mythology, the name Henioche (; Ancient Greek: ''Ἡνιόχη,'' fem. of ''ἠνίοχος'' "charioteer") may refer to: *Henioche, surname of Hera in Lebadea. *Henioche or Eniocha, wife of King Creon of Thebes according to some authors,Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' 83 & Scholia on Homer's ''Iliad'' 14.323 more commonly known as Eurydice.Sophocles, ''Antigone'' 1180, 1300 and passim She was probably the mother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. *Henioche, daughter of Creon by either the above Henioche or Eurydice. She was probably the sister of Menoeceus, Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. Together with the latter, there were statues erected for them at the entrance of the sanctuary of Apollo Ismenius in Thebes. *Henioche, daughter of Pittheus, thus a sister of Aethra. She was the mother of the bandit Sciron or Sinis by Canethus. *Henioche, daughter of Armenius, the descendant of Admetus. She was the consort of Andropompus and mother by him of Melant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciron
In Greek mythology, Sciron, also Sceiron, Skeirôn and Scyron, ( grc, Σκίρων; gen.: Σκίρωνoς) was one of the malefactors killed by Theseus on the way from Troezen to Athens. He was a famous Corinthian bandit who haunted the frontier between Attica and Megaris. Family Sciron was the son of either PelopsApollodorus, Epitome 1.2 and possibly Hippodameia, or Poseidon and Iphimedeia. Other sources makes his parents as Canethus and Henioche, a daughter of Pittheus which made him a cousin of Theseus. Sciron was also called the son of Pylas, king of Megara and thus great-grandson of Lelex.Pausanias, 1.39.6 Sciron was the father of EndeisApollodorus, 3.12.6 by the daughter of Pandion or Chariclo, daughter of Cychreus.Plutarch, ''Theseus'10.3/ref> Through his daughter Endeis, Sciron was thus the grandfather of the heroes Telamon and Peleus. A son of Sciron named Alycus, in the army of the Dioscuri was also said to be slain by Theseus when the latter kidnapped the young Hel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrrha (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (; Ancient Greek: Πύρρα) may refer to the following women: * Pyrrha of Thessaly, Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion. * Pyrrha, a Thebes, Greece, Theban princess as the younger daughter of King Creon (king of Thebes), Creon probably by his wife Eurydice of Thebes, Eurydice or Henioche. Besides her older sister Megara (mythology), Megara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names: Menoeceus (Megareus of Thebes, Megareus), Lycomedes (son of Creon), Lycomedes and Haemon. She was married by her father to Iphicles, the son of Amphitryon, who was previously wedded to Automedusa (mythology), Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous, son of Pelops, Alcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later on thrown into the fire by Heracles during the hero's fit of madness. Together with her sister, Henioche, they were statues erected for them near the temple of Ismenus, Ismenian Apollo in Thebes. * Pyrrha, possibly the name used by Achilles whil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creon Of Thebes
Creon (; grc, Κρέων, Kreōn, ruler), is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. Family Creon had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche): Henioche, Pyrrha, Megareus (also called Menoeceus), Lycomedes and Haimon. Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi. He is sometimes considered to be the same person who purified Amphitryon of the murder of his uncle Electryon and father of Megara, first wife of Heracles. Mythology First Regency After the death of King Laius of Thebes by the hands of his own son Oedipus, Creon sat on the vacant throne and became the ruler of the kingdom. During this regency, Amphitryon arrived with his fiancée Alcmena and her half-brother Licymnius from Mycenae, seeking exile and purification for the death of his prospective father-in-law King Electryon, whom he accidentally had killed. Creon purified him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycomedes (son Of Creon)
{{For other uses, Lycomedes (mythology) In Greek mythology, Lycomedes (Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης ''Lykomedes'') was a Theban armed sentry with Thrasymedes, son of Nestor during the Trojan War. Family Lycomedes was the son of Theban regent, Creon of ThebesHomer, ''Iliad'9.84/ref> and possibly his wife Eurydice or Henioche, and thus, the brother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Haemon, Megara, Pyrrha and Henoiche. Mythology Lycomedes fought on the side of the Argives in the Trojan War. No real significant background is given about him in the ''Iliad''. He was listed among the younger leaders and was not a king but of second rank. In the tenth year of the struggle when the Trojans have surrounded the Greeks in their ship's camp, Lycomedes stood as one of the seven guard commanders at nighttime in Book IX at the Greek wall. Other six captains of the sentinels were Thrasymedes, Ascalaphus, Ialmenus, Meriones, Aphareus and Deïpyrus. When Telamonian Ajax and Teucer had to leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haemon
According to Sophocles' play ''Antigone'', Haemon {{IPAc-en, ˈ, h, iː, m, ɒ, n or Haimon (Ancient Greek: Αἵμων, ''Haimon'' "bloody"; ''gen''.: Αἵμωνος) was the mythological son of Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother of Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara, Pyrrha and Henioche. Polynices attacked Thebes with his supporters in the war of the Seven against Thebes. Both brothers died in the battle. King Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and the sons' uncle, decreed that Polynices was not to be buried or mourned in any way. Sentence of Creon Creon decreed that Antigone was to be thrown into a cave with one day's worth of food, despite her engagement to his son, Haemon. The gods, through the blind prophet Tiresias, expressed their disapproval of Creon's decision, which convinced him to rescind his order, and he went to bury Polynices. However, Antigone had already hanged herself on the way to her burial. When Creon arrived at the tomb where she was to be left, his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurydice Of Thebes
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, ''Eὐrudíkē'' "wide justice", derived from ''ευρυς eurys'' "wide" and ''δικη dike'' "justice) sometimes called Henioche, was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes. Family Eurydice was probably the mother of Creon's five children: Menoeceus (Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, Megara and Pyrrha. Mythology Sophocles' account She appears briefly in Sophocles' ''Antigone'' (as an "archetypal grieving, saddened mother" and an older counterpart to Antigone), to kill herself after learning, from a messenger, that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, have both died by suicide. She thrusts a sword into her liver and curses Creon for the death of her two sons: Haemon and Megareus. Haemon killed himself because his father Creon had unjustly locked Antigone in a tomb to eventually perish, to whom he was engaged. Statius' account When the seer Tiresias predicts that if a son of Creon voluntarily throws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittheus
In Greek mythology, Pittheus (; grc, Πιτθεύς) was the king of Troezen, city in Argolis, which he had named after his brother Troezen. Biography Pittheus was a son of Pelops and Dia (maybe another name for Hippodamia), father of AethraDiodorus Siculus. ''Bibliotheca Historica, Book 4.59.1'' and Henioche, and grandfather and instructor of Theseus. He was described by Euripides as the most pious son of Pelops, a wise man, and well versed on understanding the oracle thus sought by Aegeus.Euripides''. Medea683'' Plutarch. ''Life of Theseus, 3.4'' Pittheus is said to have taught the art of speaking, and even to have written a book upon it. Plutarch spoke of Pittheus' account in the following verses: ittheushad the highest repute as a man versed in the lore of his times and of the greatest wisdom. Now the wisdom of that day had some such form and force as that for which Hesiod was famous, especially in the sententious maxims of his 'Works and Days' .One of these maxims is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canethus
In Greek mythology, the name Canethus (; Ancient Greek: Κάνηθος) may refer to: *Canethus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Canethus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god. *Canethus, son of the Euboean Abas and father of the Argonaut Canthus, as well as eponym of a mountain near Chalcis. *Canethus, father of the bandit Sciron or Sinis by Henioche.Plutarch, ''Theseus'' 25.4 May or may not be the same as the above one. 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 Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megareus Of Thebes
In Greek mythology, Megareus (; grc-gre, Μεγαρέας) or Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) was a warrior of Thebes, who figures in the war of the ''Seven against Thebes'' – the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, the twin sons of Oedipus, for the throne of Thebes. He was known for his large stature, and is considered an anthropomorphic representation of his father's pride by some literary scholars. Family Megareus was the son of Eurydice of Thebes and Creon, uncle of the two princes, and thus brother of Lycomedes, Haemon, Megara, Pyrrha and probably Henioche. Mythology Creon supported Eteocles, the incumbent king. Megareus wanted to fight for Eteocles, but Creon did not want him to, fearing for his safety. Also, Tiresias, the blind prophet, told Creon that Eteocles would win if Creon sacrificed Megareus, reinforcing his decision. Creon suppressed Tiresias' prophecy, and sent Megareus to be sheltered away from the city of Thebes. Despite this, Megareus joined ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenius
In Greek mythology, Armenius (Ancient Greek: Ἀρμενίου) or Harmenius was the son of Zeuxippus (mythology), Zeuxippus, son of King Eumelus (son of Admetus), Eumelus of Pherae. He was the father of Henioche, mother of Melanthus by Andropompus.Hellanicus of Lesbos, Hellanicus in scholia on Plato, ''Symposium (Plato), Symposium'', 208d (p. 376) Note [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanthus
In Greek mythology, Melanthus ( grc, Μέλανθος) was a king of Messenia and son of Andropompus and Henioche. Mythology Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants of Heracles, as part of the legendary " Return of the Heracleidae", later associated with the supposed " Dorian invasion". Melanthus fled to Athens, along with other of the expelled Neleidae, Alcmaeon and the sons of Paeon. Melanthus later became a king of Athens, the successor of Thymoetes, succeeded by Codrus. Codrus was considered to be a forefather to the Greek philosopher Plato. According to Diogenes Laertius who cited Thrasylus as his source, Codrus and Melanthus also trace their descent from Poseidon.Diogenes Laertius Plato 1 Melanthus was also a shipmate of Acoetes who attempted to kidnap Dionysus. Notes References * Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plutarch
Plutarch (; grc-gre, Πλούταρχος, ''Ploútarchos''; ; – after AD 119) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and ''Moralia'', a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (). Life Early life Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was long established in the town; his father was named Autobulus and his grandfather was named Lamprias. His name is derived from Pluto (πλοῦτον), an epithet of Hades, and Archos (ἀρχός) meaning "Master", the whole name meaning something like "Whose master is Pluto". His brothers, Timon and Lamprias, are frequently mentioned in his essays and dialogues, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
