Solymus

In Greek mythology, Solymus (Solymos) was the ancestral hero and eponym of the tribe Solymi in Pisidia, Lycia. He was a son of either Zeus or Ares; his mother's name is variously given as Chaldene, Caldene "daughter of Pisidus", Calchedonia or Chalcea "the nymph".[1][2][3][4]

Solymus is known to have been married to his own sister Milye, also a local eponymous heroine. A certain Cragus is given as Milye's second husband.[5]

A possibly different Solymus is mentioned by Ovid as a Phrygian companion of Aeneas and eponym of Sulmona.[6]

References

  1. Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Pisidia
  2. Etymologicum Magnum, 721. 43, under Solymoi
  3. Antimachus in scholia on Homer, Odyssey, 5. 283
  4. Clement of Rome in Rufinus of Aquileia, Recognitiones, 10. 21
  5. Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Milyai; concerning Cragus, see also Praxidikai
  6. Ovid, Fasti, 4. 79

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