Azan (mythology)
InGreek mythology,Azan[pronunciation?](Ancient Greek:Ἀζᾶν) may refer to the following personages:
- Azan, king of Azania inArcadiaand the son of KingArcasand theDryadErato[1]orLeanira,[2][3]brother ofApheidas,ElatusandHyperippe.Azan was the father ofCleitorandCoronis,mother ofAsclepiusbyApollo.[4]When Azan and his brothers grew up, their father Arcas divided the land between them into three parts: Azan received the district which was named after him, to Apheidas fellTegeaand Elatus gotMount Cyllene,which down to that time had received no name.[5]When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[6]It was at these games thatAetolusaccidentally killedApis.[7]Azan's heir to the throne was his son Cleitor but he was childless, thus succeeded byAepytus,son of Elatus.[8]
- Azan, husband ofHippolyte,daughter ofDexamenus,who was threatened with violence by theCentaurEurytion.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^Pausanias,8.4.2
- ^ScholiononEuripides,Orestes1646
- ^Fowler, Robert L.(2013).Early Greek Mythography: Volume II Commentary.Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p. 107.ISBN978-0-19-814741-1.
- ^Homeric HymntoApollo3.209
- ^Pausanias,8.4.3–4
- ^Pausanias,8.4.5
- ^Pausanias,5.1.8
- ^Pausanias, 8.4.7
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.33.1
References
[edit]- Diodorus Siculus,The Library of Historytranslated byCharles 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.
- Fowler, Robert L.,Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary.Oxford University Press. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom. 2013.ISBN978-0-19-814741-1
- The Homeric Hymns and Homericawith an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Pausanias,Description of Greecewith 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.ISBN0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols.Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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