Azan (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Azan (Greek: Ἀζᾶν) was the son of Arcas and the Dryad Erato, brother of Apheidas, Elatus and Hyperippe. Azania in Arcadia was named after him.[1] He married Hippolyte, daughter of Dexamenus,[2] and had a son Cleitor. When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[3] It was at these games that Aetolus accidentally killed Apis.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 2–3
  2. ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 33. 1
  3. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 5
  4. ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 8