Amythaon
In Greek mythology, Amythaon (/ˌæməˈθeɪɒn/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμυθάων, gen.: Ἀμυθάονος) is the son of Cretheus, the king of Iolcus.
Genealogy
Amythaon is the son of King Cretheus of Iolcus and Tyro, the daughter of King Salmoneus of Elis. He was the brother of Aeson and Pheres. Amythaon dwelt at Pylos in Messenia.
His wife is either Eidomene or Aglaia, and his children are Bias, Melampus, Aeolia and Perimele. According to Dieuchidas, by Dorippe, he was the father of Melampus.
Mythology
According to Pindar, he and several other members of his family went to Iolcus to intercede with Pelias on behalf of Jason. Pausanias mentioned him among those to whom the restoration of the Olympic Games was ascribed. A part of Elis was thought to have been named Amythaonia after him.
Notes
- ↑ Simon 1981, p. 753.
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey 11.255–260; Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 12.69 [= FGrHist 3 F104c]; see also Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women 150 [= FGrHist 4 F99].
- ↑ Perseus Encyclopedia, Idomene
- ↑ Apollodorus, 1.9.11; Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.3.
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.69.3.
- ↑ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.121
- ↑ Pindar, Pythian Ode 4.220
- ↑ Pausanias, 5.8.2.
- ↑ Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. ᾽Αμυθαονία [= FGrHist 265 F11].
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 Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar, The Odes of Pindar including the Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Simon, Erika (1981). "Amythaon". Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Vol. I.1: Aara – Aphland. Zürich and Munich: Artemis Verlag. ISBN 3760887511. Internet Archive.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Amythaon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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