Thoas may refer to several figures in Greek mythology:
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Thoas (king of Lemnos)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women decided to kill all the men on the island. He ...
, saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women, a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of the Taurians) below
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Thoas (king of the Taurians)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in Crimea. He was king when Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians, and became a priestess of Artemis th ...
, king when Iphigenia became priestess of Artimis, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of Lemnos) above
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Thoas (king of Aetolia), a Greek hero and leader in the Trojan War, son of Andraemon and Gorge
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Thoas (king of Corinth) Thoas may refer to several figures in Greek mythology:
*Thoas (king of Lemnos), saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women, a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of the Taurians) below
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, a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus
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Thoas (son of Jason and Hypsipyle) In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of the Lemnian king Thoas, and the twin brother of Euneus. Thoas and Euneus took part in the funeral games of the Nemean king Lycur ...
, a son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle the daughter of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above), and the brother of Euneus
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Thoas (mythology) In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") may refer to the following figures:
* Thoas, a king of Lemnos saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women. He was a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and some ...
, other figures named "Thoas" in Greek mythology
Thoas may also refer to:
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4834 Thoas, an asteroid named after the Greek mythological Trojan War hero
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Achelous River
The Achelous ( el, Αχελώος, grc, Ἀχελῷος ''Akhelôios''), also Acheloos, is a river in western Greece. It is long. It formed the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia of antiquity. It empties into the Ionian Sea. In ancient ...
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