Coeranus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the name Coeranus[1] or Koiranos (Κοίρανος "ruler, commander") may refer to:
- Coeranus, son of Abas, grandson of Melampus, and father of Polyeidos.[2][3][4] Alternately was called son of Cleitus.[5]
- Coeranus, son of Polyeidos (thus grandson of the precedent), brother of Manto and Astycrateia. His own son Euchenor dedicated an image of Dionysus Dasyllius to the god at Megara.[3]
References
- ↑ Porphyry's "Homeric Questions" on the "Iliad": Text, Translation, Commentary. Library of Congress cataloging-in-publication data. p. 299. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 3. 1
- 1 2 Pausanias, Description of Greece, 1. 43. 5
- ↑ Hyginus, Fabulae, 128 & 136
- ↑ Scholia on Homer, Iliad, 13. 663
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 5. 677
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13. 257
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 5. 165 & 17. 611 ff
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