Peneus
InGreek mythology,Peneus(/pəˈniːəs/;Ancient Greek:Πηνειός) was aThessalianriver god, one of the three thousand Rivers (Potamoi), a child ofOceanusandTethys.[1]
Family
[edit]The nymphCreusabore him one son,Hypseus,who was King of theLapiths,[2]and three daughters,Menippe(mother ofPhrastorbyPelasgus),[3]Daphne[4]andStilbe.[5]Some sources state that he was the father ofCyrene,[6]alternately known as his granddaughter through Hypseus. Daphne, in anArcadianversion of the myth, was instead the daughter of the river godLadon.[7]
Peneus also had a sonAtraxwithBura,[8]andAndreuswith an unknown consort.[9]Tricce (or Tricca), eponym of the cityTricca,was mentioned as his daughter.[10]In later accounts, Peneus was credited to be the father ofChrysogeniawho consorted with Zeus and became the mother ofThissaeus.[11]Meanwhile, his daughter Astabe coupled withHermesand became the parents ofAstacus,father of Iocles, father ofHipponous.[12]According toHellanicus,Peneus was the father ofIphis,mother ofSalmoneusbyAeolusthe son ofHellen.[13]
Mythology
[edit]ErosshotApollowith one of his arrows, causing him to fall in love with Daphne. It was Eros's plan that Daphne would scorn Apollo because Eros was angry that Apollo had made fun of his archery skills.[14]Eros also claimed to be irritated by Apollo's singing. Daphne prayed to the river god Peneus to help her. He changed her into alaurel tree,which later became sacred to Apollo(seeApollo and Daphne).
References
[edit]- ^Hesiod,Theogony343&366–370;Diodorus Siculus,4.69.1&72.1
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.69.1;Pindar,Pythian Odes9
- ^Dionysius of Halicarnassus,Antiquitates Romanae1.28
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses1.452;Hyginus,Fabulae203
- ^Diodorus Siculus,4.69.1
- ^Virgil,Georgics4.320; Hyginus,Fabulae161
- ^Pausanias,10.7.8;Statius,Thebaid4.289;Nonnus,Dionysiaca42.386
- ^Stephanus of Byzantium,s.v.Atrax
- ^Pausanias, 9.34.6
- ^Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.Trikkē
- ^Pseudo-Clement,Recognitions10.21-23
- ^ScholiaonEuripides,Phoenician Women133
- ^Hellanicusin scholia onPlato,Symposium208 (p. 376)
- ^Ovid,Metamorphoses1.456-462
External links
[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.
- Dionysus of Halicarnassus,Roman Antiquities.English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950.Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus,Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt,Vol I-IV..Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Hesiod,TheogonyfromThe Homeric Hymns and Homericawith an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiacatranslated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Pindar,Odestranslated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pindar,The Odes of Pindarincluding 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.
- Pseudo-Clement,RecognitionsfromAnte-NiceneLibrary Volume 8,translated by Smith, Rev. Thomas. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh. 1867.Online version at theio
- 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 Papinius Statius,The Thebaidtranslated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius,The Thebaid. Vol I-II.John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928.Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro,Bucolics,Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil.J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900.Online version 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.