Echion
InGreek mythology,the nameEchion/ɛˈkaɪɒn/(Ancient Greek:Ἐχῑ́ων (gen.: Ἐχίονος), derivative of ἔχιςechis"viper"[1]) referred to five different beings:
- Echion, one of theGigantes,known for great strength (though not necessarily great size) and having an ability to change the course or direction of winds.[2][3][4][5]
- Echion, one of the survivingSpartoi,the "sown men" that sprang up from the dragon's teeth sown byCadmus,the other four Spartoi wereChthonius,Hyperenor,Pelorus,andUdaeus.[6]Echion was principally known for his skill in battle and bravery;[7]"it was Echion who, for his great valor, was preferred by Cadmus to be his son-in-law":[8]Echion was father ofPentheus[9]andEpeiros[10]byAgave.[11]He was credited to be the founder of theMaliancity ofEchinos.[12]Also, Echion was said to have dedicated a temple ofCybeleinBoeotia,and to have assisted Cadmus in the building ofThebes.[13]
- Echion ofAlope,son ofHermes[14]andAntianeira(daughter ofMenetus)[15]orLaothoe,and brother ofErytus.[16]Together with the latter and stepbrother,Aethalides,they participated in the quest of theArgonauts.[17]Echion and his brother were described as“well skilled in craftiness”[18]which signified the ability they possess as children of the thief-god. Also, he participated in theCalydonian boar hunt,according to Hyginus[19]andOvid.[20]
- Echion, son ofPortheusand one of theGreekswho fought at theTrojan War.He was also one of the men hidden in theTrojan horseand was killed. The doomed Greek is a "tough but battle weary warrior, plagued by phantasms of his death".[21][22]
- Echion, one of thesuitorswho came with 53 others fromDulichiumto compete forPenelope.[23]He, with the other suitors, was shot dead byOdysseuswith the help ofEumaeus,Philoetius,andTelemachus.[24]
Notes
[edit]- ^Robert Graves.The Greek Myths(1960)
- ^Claudian,Gigantomachy104 (pp. 288-289)
- ^Bane, Theresa,Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore63.
- ^Aken, Dr. A.R.A. van. (1961).Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie.Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- ^Bartelink, Dr. G.J.M. (1988).Prisma van de mythologie.Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
- ^ScholiaadEuripides,Phoenissae670,adApollonius Rhodius,3.1179-1187;Apollodorus,3.4.1;Hyginus,Fabulae178;Pseudo-Scymnos,Circuit de la terre587 ff.;Tzetzes,Chiliades10.438-439
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses3.126
- ^Pausanias,9.5.3
- ^Apollodorus,3.5.2;Pausanias, 9.5.4;Oppian,Cygenetica4.243
- ^Parthenius,32
- ^Apollodorus,3.5.2
- ^Pseudo-Scymnos,Circuit de la terre587 ff.;Stephanus of Byzantium,s.v.Echinos
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses10.686
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.51-52;Pindar,Pythian Odes4.179
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.56;Hyginus,Fabulae14&160
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.51-52
- ^Pindar,Pythian Odes4.179;Apollonius Rhodius,1.52-54;Hyginus,Fabulae14
- ^Apollonius Rhodius,1.52
- ^Fabulae173
- ^Metamorphoses8.311
- ^Apollodorus, E.5.20 ff.
- ^Peter Carey: A Literary Companion 73
- ^Apollodorus, E.7.26–27
- ^Apollodorus, E.7.33
References
[edit]- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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.
- Apollonius Rhodius,Argonauticatranslated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica.George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Claudius Claudianus,Battle of the Giants from Carmina Minoratranslated by Platnauer, Maurice. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 135 & 136. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1922.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Gaius Julius Hyginus,Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginustranslated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Graves, Robert,The Greek Myths,Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960.ISBN978-0143106715
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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