Aethon
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The ancient Greek wordaithônmeans "burning", "blazing" or "shining." Less strictly, it can denote the colour red-brown, or "tawny."[1]It is an epithet sometimes applied to animals such as horses at Hom.Il.2.839; oxen atOd.18.372; and an eagle atIl.15.690 (cf.Hyginus' calling the eagle that tormentedPrometheusanaethonem aquilamatFabulae31.5.).[2]The eagle who tormented Prometheus, Aethon, was the child of themonstersTyphonandEchidna.[3]In English,aithônmay be writtenAethon,AithonorEthon.[4]InGreekandRoman mythologythere are a number of characters known asAethon.Most are horses, variously belonging to:
The name is twice applied to humans. InOdyssey19.183, it is the pseudonym a disguisedOdysseusassumes during his interview withPenelopeupon his return toIthaca.According to fr. 43a.5 ofHesiod'sCatalogue of Women,Erysichthon of Thessalywas also known as Aethon due to the "burning" hunger (aithôn limos) he was made to endure byDemeter.[9]
See also
[edit]- Chrysoritis aethon,a species of butterfly
Notes
[edit]- ^Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert (1940)."A Greek-English Lexicon".Perseus Digital Library.Clarendon Press.Retrieved5 July2013.
- ^"Hygini genealogiis, volgo fabulae".Bibliotheca Augustana(in Latin).Retrieved5 July2013.
- ^de:Ethon
- ^Harris, John; Todd, mark (2005).My Monster Notebook.Getty Publications.ISBN978-1-60606-050-6.Retrieved12 December2014.
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses2.153
- ^Quintus Smyrnaeus,8.239
- ^Homer,Iliad8.184
- ^Virgil,Aeneid11.89
- ^cf.Callimachus,Hymn to Demeter6.65 ff.
References
[edit]- Callimachus,Hymnstranslated by Alexander William Mair (1875-1928). London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Callimachus,Works.A.W. Mair. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1921.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,The Iliadwith an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer,Homeri Operain five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphosestranslated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso,Metamorphoses.Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Aeneid.Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics.J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troytranslated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.Online version at theio
- Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troy.Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
