Manes () is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by
Herodotus in Book One of ''
Histories
Histories or, in Latin, Historiae may refer to:
* the plural of history
* ''Histories'' (Herodotus), by Herodotus
* ''The Histories'', by Timaeus
* ''The Histories'' (Polybius), by Polybius
* ''Histories'' by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), ...
'' to have been an early king of
Lydia,
then probably known as
Maeonia
Lydia ( Lydian: 𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, ''Śfarda''; Aramaic: ''Lydia''; el, Λυδία, ''Lȳdíā''; tr, Lidya) was an Iron Age kingdom of western Asia Minor located generally east of ancient Ionia in the modern western Turkish prov ...
(which he may be the
eponym of).
He was believed to have been the son of
Zeus and
Gaia
In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes parth ...
,
and was the father of
Atys, who succeeded him as king. Atys, through Callithea, fathered
Lydus
Lydus ( Ancient Greek: Λυδός), a son of Atys and Callithea, grandson of Manes, and brother of Tyrrhenus or Torybus, is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus to have been an early king of Lydia, then prob ...
, after whom the
Lydian people were later named, and
Tyrrhenus
In Etruscan mythology, Tyrrhenus (in el, Τυῤῥηνός) was one of the founders of the Etruscan League of twelve cities, along with his brother Tarchon. Herodotus describes him as the saviour of the Etruscans, because he led them from Lydia t ...
, after whom the
Tyrrhenians were named.
[ Herodotus, '']Histories
Histories or, in Latin, Historiae may refer to:
* the plural of history
* ''Histories'' (Herodotus), by Herodotus
* ''The Histories'', by Timaeus
* ''The Histories'' (Polybius), by Polybius
* ''Histories'' by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), ...
'
1.94
Later, in Book Four, Herodotus states that Manes had another son called Cotys, who, through
Halie
Halie or Halia ( Ancient Greek: Ἁλίη or Ἁλία ''Haliê'' means 'the dweller in the sea' or 'the briney'Banep. 172/ref>) is the name of the following characters in Greek mythology:
* Halie, the "ox-eyed" Nereid, sea-nymph daughter of the ...
, had a son called Asies, after whom the Lydians claimed that the continent of
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...
is named.
[ Herodotus, '']Histories
Histories or, in Latin, Historiae may refer to:
* the plural of history
* ''Histories'' (Herodotus), by Herodotus
* ''The Histories'', by Timaeus
* ''The Histories'' (Polybius), by Polybius
* ''Histories'' by Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), ...
'
4.45.3
Dionysius of Halicarnassus names
Callirhoe, daughter of
Oceanus, as the mother of Cotys by Manes, and Atys as the son of Cotys.
[ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, '']Roman Antiquities
Dionysius of Halicarnassus ( grc, Διονύσιος Ἀλεξάνδρου Ἁλικαρνασσεύς,
; – after 7 BC) was a Greek historian and teacher of rhetoric, who flourished during the reign of Emperor Augustus. His literary styl ...
'
1.27.1
Genealogy
See also
*
List of kings of Lydia
Notes
References
*
Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Roman Antiquities, Volume I: Books 1-2'', translated by Earnest Cary,
Loeb Classical Library No. 319, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
Harvard University Press, 1937
Online version at Harvard University Press
* Grimal, Pierre, ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology'', Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. .
* Herodotus, ''The Persian Wars, Volume I: Books 1-2'', translated by A. D. Godley, Loeb Classical Library No. 117, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1920.
Online version at Harvard University PressOnline version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Herodotus, ''The Persian Wars, Volume II: Books 3-4'', translated by A. D. Godley, Loeb Classical Library No. 118, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1921.
Online version at Harvard University PressOnline version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Rawlinson, George, ''History of Herodotus'', Volume I, second edition, London, John Murray, 1862
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