Chthonius
In Greek mythology, the name Chthonius or Chthonios (Χθόνιος "of the earth or underworld") may refer to:
- Chthonius, one of the five surviving Spartoi in Thebes, father of Lycus and Nycteus[1][2][3][4] (but see Hyrieus).
- Chthonius, one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne, who married and was killed by Bryce, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[5]
- Chthonius, son of Poseidon and Syme, who founded the first colony on the island of Syme, which was named after his mother.[6]
- Chthonius, a Centaur who was killed by Nestor at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.[7]
- Chthonius, one of the Gigantes.[8]
- Chthonius, an epithet of several major gods,[9] including Zeus,[10] Hades,[11][12] Hermes,[13][14][15][16][17] and Dionysus.[18][19][20] See Chthonia for goddesses bearing the feminine version of the epithet.
References
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 4. 1 & 3. 5. 5
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 5. 3
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 178
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1179 & 1186
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 53. 1
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 441
- ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 48. 21
- ↑ Psyche: the cult of souls and the belief in immortality among the Greeks. By Erwin Rohde. Page 159 ISBN 0-415-22563-9
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 2. 8 (in Corinth), 5. 14. 8 (in Olympia)
- ↑ Hesiod, Theogony, 767
- ↑ Euripides, Alcestis, 237; Andromache, 544
- ↑ Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 1, 118, 708; Persians, 626, 639
- ↑ Sophocles, Electra, 111; Ajax, 832
- ↑ Euripides, Alcestis, 743
- ↑ Aristophanes, Frogs, 1126, 1138, 1145
- ↑ Orphic Hymn 57
- ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 31. 144
- ↑ Orphic Hymn 53. 1
- ↑ Suda s. v. Zagreus