Lilaeus (mythology)
According toPseudo-Plutarch'sTreatise on Rivers and Mountains,Lilaeus(Ancient Greek:Λίλαιος,Lílaios) was an Indian shepherd who angered the gods and was punished for it.[1]
Mythology
[edit]A shepherd inIndianamed Lilaeus acknowledged only theMoon(the goddessSelene) among the gods, and only honoured her by performing her rituals and mysteries during the night. The other gods were angered over his actions and rejection of them, and sent two wild lions that tore him apart. Selene then transformed her adorer into a mountain, known as Mount Lilaeon (Ancient Greek:Λίλαιον,Lílaion), situated somewhere near theIndusriver.[2][3]
The author ofTreatise on Rivers and Mountains,now known not to have been the actualPlutarch,[4]attributed this story to Clitophon theRhodian's first book ofIndian Relations,perhaps writing down a local Indian tale using the names of the Greek gods viainterpretatio graeca.[2]
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^Roscher 1894,p.2048.
- ^abPseudo-Plutarch,Treatise on Rivers and Mountains25.4
- ^Grimal, s.v.Lilaeus
- ^"Plutarch".The Mineralogical Record - Library.Archived fromthe originalon August 18, 2016.RetrievedDecember 14,2016.
References
[edit]- Grimal, Pierre(1987).The Dictionary of Classical Mythology.Wiley-Blackwell.ISBN0-631-13209-0.
- Pseudo-Plutarch(1878). Brady Kiesling (ed.).Names of Rivers and Mountains, in Plutarch, The Moralia.Translated by William Watson Goodwin.
- Roscher, Wilhelm Heinrich (1894).Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie[Detailed dictionary of Greek and Roman mythology] (in German). Vol. LAAS–MYTON. Leipzig: Teubner-Verlag.
