Iasus
In Greek mythology, Iasus (Ancient Greek: Ἴασος) or Iasius (Ancient Greek: Ἰάσιος) was the name of several individuals:
- Iasus, king of Argos. His genealogy is confused; according to different sources, he was:
- Son of Phoroneus, brother of Agenor and Pelasgus[1][2]
- Son of Argus and either Evadne or Peitho[3]
- Son of Argus Panoptes and Ismene, daughter of Asopus; possible father of Io[4]
- Son of Io[5][6]
- Son of Triopas and again brother of Pelasgus and Agenor; successor to Agenor on the throne;[7] possibly the father of Io by Leucane[8]
- Iasus (Iasius), father of Atalanta[9] by Clymene, daughter of Minyas; he was the son of King Lycurgus of Arcadia by either Eurynome or Cleophyle. His brothers were Ancaeus, Epochus and Amphidamas.[10][11]
- Iasus (Iasius), one of the Dactyli[12] or Curetes.[13]
- Iasius, son of Eleuther and father of Chaeresilaus.[14]
- Iasus, son of Sphelus (himself son of Bucolus), leader of the Athenians, was killed by Aeneas in the Trojan War.[15]
- Iasus, king of Cyprus, father of Dmetor. In the Odyssey, he appears in a story told (and made up) by Odysseus.[16]
- Iasus, father of Palinurus[17] and Iapis.[18]
- Iasus, father of Phaedimus. His son was killed by Amyntas in the battle of Seven Against Thebes.[19]
- Iasus, father of Nepeia, who married King Olympus and gave her name to the plain of Nepeia near Cyzicus.[20]
- Iasus (Iasius), possible father of Amphion.[21][22]
- Iasius, winner of the horse-racing contest at the Olympic games held by Heracles.[23]
- Iasius, same as Iasion.[24]
References
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 3. 75
- ↑ Eustathius on Homer, 385. 40
- ↑ Scholia on Euripides, Phoenician Women, 1116; on Orestes, 932
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 3
- ↑ Scholia on Odyssey, 18. 246
- ↑ Eustathius on Iliad, 1845
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 16. 1
- ↑ Scholia on Euripides, Orestes, 932
- ↑ Callimachus, Hymn to Artemis, 217
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 9. 2
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 70 & 99
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 14. 7
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 7. 6
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 20. 2
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 15. 332, 338
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 17. 443
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 5. 843
- ↑ Virgil, Aeneid, 12. 392
- ↑ Statius, Thebaid, 8. 438
- ↑ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1. 1116
- ↑ Homer, Odyssey, 11. 233
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 36. 8
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 48. 1
- ↑ The form "Iasion" was also used by Pausanias and Aelian to refer to the father of Atalante.
Sources
- Smith, Wiliam. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 2, page 556
- Bulfinch, Thomas (1979). "Stories of Gods and Heroes: Chapter XVIII: Meleager and Atalanta". Bulfinch's Mythology. Avenel Books. p. 138. ISBN 0-517-27415-9.
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Triopas |
King of Argos | Succeeded by Agenor, son of Triopas |