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Demonassa
In Greek mythology, Demonassa or Demonassae (Ancient Greek: Δημώνασσα) was a name attributed to five women. *Demonassa, mother of Eurydamas and Eurytion, king of Phthia, by Irus. Otherwise, Eurydamas parentage was given as Ctimenus from Dolopian Ctimene.Apollonius Rhodius1.67/ref> *Demonassa, wife of King Poeas of Meliboea, by whom she bore Philoctetes. Otherwise, the mother of the hero was called Methone. *Demonassa, mother of Aegialeus by Adrastus. *Demonassa, daughter of Amphiaraus, king of Argos and Eriphyle, and thus, sister to Alcmaeon, Amphilochus, Eurydice, Alcmena and Alexida. She married Thersander and had a son, Tisamenus. Namesake In his ''Περί Τύχης Δεύτερος'' (On Fortune II) discourse, Greek orator, Dion Chrysostom, tells the story of a Cypriot stateswoman and lawgiver by that name. She enacted three strict laws, the first, if a woman was guilty of adultery her hair should be cut off and she should become a prostitute, the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eriphyle
Eriphyle (; ) was a figure in Greek mythology who, in exchange for the Necklace of Harmonia (also called the Necklace of Eriphyle) given to her by Polynices, persuaded her husband Amphiaraus to join the doomed expedition of the Seven against Thebes. She was then slain by her son Alcmaeon. Family Eriphyle was the daughter of King Talaus of Argos and Lysimache, a granddaughter of Melampus. She had five brothers: Adrastus, Parthenopaeus, Pronax, Mecisteus, and Aristomachus. During a feud in Argos, Talaus was slain by the hero Amphiaraus, greatly angering Eriphyle's brother Adrastus. When Adrastus and Amphiaraus eventually reconciled, Adrastus gave him Eriphyle's hand in marriage. Together, Eriphyle and Amphiaraus had two sons, Alcmaeon and Amphilochus. They may have also had three daughters: Alcmene, Eurydice, and Demonassa. Mythology Eriphyle's mythology is intertwined with that of the legendary Seven against Thebes, and the war they waged to restore Oedipus' son Polyn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eurytion (king Of Phthia)
Eurytion (, "widely honoured") or Eurythion () was a king of Phthia. He was also counted among the Argonauts and the Calydonian hunters. The writer Tzetzes called Eurytion as Eurytus. Family Eurytion was the swift son of either of Irus and Demonassa,Hyginus, ''Fabulae'14/ref> or of Kenethos and Cerion, and father of Antigone. His father was also called Actor, king of PhthiaApollodorus, 1.8.2; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 175 with Pherecydes as the source. who otherwise known as his grandfather for Irus was the son of Actor.Apollonius Rhodius, 1.74 If Eurytion's father was Irus, he was the brother of Eurydamas, also an Argonaut. {, class="wikitable" , +Comparative table of Eurytus' family and fate ! rowspan="2" , Relation ! rowspan="2" , Names ! colspan="6" , Sources , - , ''Apollonius'' , ''Apollodorus'' , ''Hyginus'' , ''Antoninus'' , ''Orphic'' , ''Unknown'' , - , rowspan="4" , ''Parentage'' , Irus , ✓ , , , ✓ , ✓ , , - , Irus and Demonassa , , , ✓ , , , , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Amphiaraus
Amphiaraus or Amphiaraos (; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιάραος, Ἀμφιάρεως, "very sacred") was in Greek mythology the son of Oicles, a seer, and one of the leaders of the Seven against Thebes. Amphiaraus at first refused to go with Adrastus on this expedition against Thebes as he foresaw the death of everyone who joined the expedition. His wife, Eriphyle, eventually compelled him to go. Family Amphiaraus was the son of Oicles. This made Amphiaraus a great-grandson of Melampus, himself a legendary seer, and a member of one of the most powerful dynastic families in the Argolid. The mythographer Hyginus says that Amphiaraus's mother was Hypermnestra, the daughter of Thestius. She was the sister of Leda, the queen of Sparta who was the mother of Helen of Troy, Clytemnestra, and the Dioscuri ( Castor and Pollux). Hyginus also reports that "some authors" said that Amphiaraus was the son of Apollo. Amphiaraus married Eriphyle, the sister of his cousin Adrastus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Adrastus
In Greek mythology, Adrastus or Adrestus (Ancient Greek: Ἄδραστος or Ἄδρηστος), (perhaps meaning "the inescapable"), was a king of Argos, and leader of the Seven against Thebes. He was the son of the Argive king Talaus, but was forced out of Argos by his dynastic rival Amphiaraus. He fled to Sicyon, where he became king. Later he reconciled with Amphiaraus and returned to Argos as its king. Because of an oracle Adrastus married his daughters to the exiles Polynices and Tydeus and promised to restore them to their homelands. He first assembled an army to place Polynices on the throne of Thebes, led by seven champions, famously called the Seven against Thebes. The expedition failed and all the champions died except Adrastus, saved by his divine horse Arion. He went with the Epigoni, the sons of the Seven, in the successful second war against Thebes, and was said to have died on his way home. Adrastus is mentioned as early as Homer's ''Iliad'', and his sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Methone (Greek Myth)
In Greek mythology, Methone (Ancient Greek: Μεθώνη) was the name shared by four women: * Methone, one of the Alcyonides, daughters of the Giants (Greek mythology), giant Alcyoneus. She was the sister of Alcippe (mythology), Alkippe, Anthe (mythology), Anthe, Asteria (mythology), Asteria, Drymo (mythology), Drimo, Pallene (mythology), Pallene and Phthonia (mythology), Phthonia (Phosthonia or Chthonia). When their father Alcyoneus was slain by Heracles, these girls threw themselves into the sea from Kanastraion, which is the peak of Kassandra, Chalkidiki, Pellene. They were then transformed into Halcyon (genus), halcyons (Kingfisher, kingfishers) by the goddess Amphitrite. * Methone, the nymph-consort of Pierus of Emathia, Pierus, king of Pieria (regional unit), Pieria, and by the latter, became the mother of Oeagrus, father of Orpheus. In some accounts rather, she was called the sister of Pierus. * Methone or Mothone (Μοθώνη), a bastard daughter of King Oeneus of Calydon b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eurydamas
In Greek mythology, the name Eurydamas (Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδάμᾱς) may refer to: *Eurydamas, an Egyptian prince as one of the sons of King Aegyptus. Apollodorus, 2.1.5 His mother was a Phoenician woman and thus full brother of Agaptolemus, Cercetes, Aegius, Argius, Archelaus and Menemachus. In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by Eurryroe, daughter of the river-god Nilus, or Isaie, daughter of King Agenor of Tyre. Eurydamas suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King Danaus of Libya. He married the Danaid Phartis, daughter of Danaus and an Ethiopian woman. *Eurydamas, one of the Argonauts, son of either of CtimenusApollonius Rhodius1.67/ref> or Irus and Demonassa, if indeed in the latter case he is not being confounded with Eurytion who could also be his brother. Eurydamas was from Ctimene in Thessaly.Apollonius Rh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tisamenus
Tisamenus (Ancient Greek: Τισαμενός) is the name of several people in classical history and mythology: * ''Mythology'' **Tisamenus (son of Orestes), mythological king of Argos, and son of Orestes and Hermione. ** Tisamenus (King of Thebes), a king of Thebes, son of Thersander and Demonassa. Pausanias9.5.15/ref> *''History'' ** Tisamenus of Elis, son of Antiochus, an ancient Greek seer and grandfather of the seer Agias of Sparta **Tisamenus, a descendant apparently of the above, who took part in the conspiracy of Cinadon, and was put to death for it in 397 BC. Namesake Tisamenus (insect), a genus of stick insects in the family Heteropterygidae Notes References * Apollodorus Apollodorus ( Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to: :''Note: A ..., ''The Library'' with an English Transl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Irus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Irus or Iros (, Ancient Greek: Ἶρο) may refer to two individuals: * Irus, son of Actor and father of Eurytion ''Orphic Argonautica'' 179Apollonius Rhodius1.74/ref> and Eurydamas by Demonassa. When the hero Peleus brought together many sheep and cattle and led them to him as blood money for the slaying of his son, Eurytion, Irus would not accept this price and sent the hero away.Antoninus Liberalis38/ref> As for Eurydamas, his father was called sometimes as Ctimenus from Dolopian Ctimene.Apollonius Rhodius1.67/ref> * Irus or Arnaeus, a character in ''The Odyssey.''Homer, ''Odyssey'' 18.5ff Notes References * Antoninus Liberalis, ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992)Online version at the Topos Text Project.* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912Online version at the Topos Tex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Thersander (Epigoni)
In Greek mythology, the name Thersander or Thersandros ( /θɜːrˈsændər, -ˈsɑːn-/; Ancient Greek: means 'bold man' derived from 'boldness, braveness' and 'of a man') was one of the Epigoni, who attacked the city of Thebes. This is in retaliation for the deaths of their fathers, the war of the Seven against Thebes, who had attempted the same thing. Family Thersander was the son of Polynices and Argia. He was succeeded by his son Tisamenus, whose mother was Demonassa. Mythology Thersander may have bribed Eriphyle with the robe of Harmonia so that she sent her son, Alcmaeon, to fight with him. His father did the same with the necklace of Harmonia, to convince her to send her husband with the original attackers. The attack of the Epigoni was successful, and Thersander became the king of Thebes. Thersander intended to fight for the Greeks during the Trojan War, but was killed by Telephus before the war began, while the Greeks had mistakenly stopped in Mysia. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ctimenus
In Greek mythology, Ctimenus (Ancient Greek: Κτιμένου), from Dolopian Ctimene in Thessaly, was the father of the Argonaut Eurydamas.Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'1.67/ref> Otherwise, the latter was the son of Irus and Demonassa.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'14.2/ref> Notes References * Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912Online version at the Topos Text Project.* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library * 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 Augustus, and reputed author of the '' Fabulae'' and the '' De astronomia'', although this is disputed. Life and works ..., ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eurydice (Greek Myth)
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (; , derived from and ), may refer to the following characters: * Eurydice, one of the 50 Nereids, sea-nymph daughters of the 'Old Man of the Sea' Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. * Eurydice, wife of King Aeolus of Aeolia and mother of his sons, Sisyphus, Salmoneus and Cretheus.Euripides, ''Melanippe Wise'' test. i (Collard and Cropp, pp. 572, 573) She may be identical to Enarete, the daughter of Deïmachus, who was commonly called the mother of these progeny.Apollodorus1.7.3/ref> * Eurydice, a Libyan princess as one of the 50 Danaïdes, daughter of King Danaus and the naiad Polyxo, who married (and murdered) Dryas. * Eurydice, one of the Cadmiades, the six daughters of Cadmus and Harmonia in a rare version of the myth. Her sisters were Ino, Agaue, Semele, Kleantho and Eurynome. * Eurydice, a Spartan princess as the daughter of King Lacedaemon. She was the mother of Danae by her husband King Acrisius of Argos. * Eurydice, daughter of Adrastus, wif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Philoctetes
Philoctetes ( ''Philoktētēs''; , ), or Philocthetes, according to Greek mythology, was the son of Poeas, king of Meliboea (Magnesia), Meliboea in Thessaly, and Demonassa or Methone (Greek myth), Methone. He was a Greek hero, famed as an archer, and a participant in the Trojan War. Philoctetes was the subject of four different plays of ancient Greece, each written by one of the three major Greek tragedians. Of the four plays, Sophocles' ''Philoctetes (Sophocles play), Philoctetes'' is the only one that has survived. Sophocles' ''Philoctetes at Troy'', Aeschylus' ''Philoctetes (Aeschylus play), Philoctetes'' and Euripides' ''Philoctetes (Euripides play), Philoctetes'' have all been lost, with the exception of some fragments. Philoctetes is also mentioned in Homer's ''Iliad'', Book 2, which describes his exile on the island of Lemnos, his being wounded by snake-bite, and his eventual recall by the Greeks. The recall of Philoctetes is told in the lost epic ''Little Iliad'', where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
