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
Arcadian may refer to:
* Arcadian, someone or something from, or related to:
** Arcadia (region), the ancient Greek region
** Arcadia (regional unit), the region in modern Greece
** Accademia degli Arcadi, the Italian literary academy founded in ...
king as the son of
Aristas, descendant of King
Lycaon. He became the father of
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, P ...
, and grandfather of
Psophis (male). Alternately, Erymanthus was the son of
Arcas
In Greek mythology, Arcas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀρκάς) was a hunter who became king of Arcadia. He was remembered for having taught people the arts of weaving and baking bread and for spreading agriculture to Arcadia.
Family
Arcas was the so ...
, 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 1665
Online 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. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1866
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
*
Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
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