In
Greek mythology
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, Thrax ( grc, Θρᾷξ; by his name simply the quintessential
Thracian
The Thracians (; grc, Θρᾷκες ''Thrāikes''; la, Thraci) were an Indo-European speaking people who inhabited large parts of Eastern and Southeastern Europe in ancient history.. "The Thracians were an Indo-European people who occupied ...
) was regarded as one of the reputed sons of
Ares. In the ''
Alcestis
Alcestis (; Ancient Greek: Ἄλκηστις, ') or Alceste, was a princess in Greek mythology, known for her love of her husband. Her life story was told by pseudo-Apollodorus in his '' Bibliotheca'', and a version of her death and return from t ...
'',
Euripides
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mentions that one of the names of Ares himself was ''Thrax'' since he was regarded as the patron of
Thrace
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(his golden or gilded shield was kept in his temple at Bistonia in Thrace).
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58. 'Thrace's golden shield' - One of the names of Ares was Thrax, he being the Patron of Thrace. His golden or gilded shield was kept in his temple at Bistonia there. Like the other Thracian bucklers, it was of the shape of a half-moon ('Pelta'). His 'festival of Mars Gradivus' was kept annually by the Latins in the month of March, when this sort of shield was displayed."
See also
*
Tiras Tiras ( he, ''Ṯīrās'') is, according to the Book of Genesis () and 1 Chronicles, the seventh and youngest son of Japheth in the Hebrew Bible. A brother of biblical Javan (associated with the Greek people), its geographical locale is sometime ...
– eponymous ancestor of Thracians according to
Flavius Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly ...
Notes
References
*Lemprière, John and Wright, Frederick Adam. ''Lemprière's Classical Dictionary of Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors''. Routledge, 1949. {{ISBN, 0-7100-1734-0
*Euripides, H. B. L., i.e. Henry Barrett Lennard, translator. ''The Alcestis of Euripides: Translated From The Greek Into English, Now For The First Time In Its Original Metres, With Preface, Explanatory Notes, And Stage Directions Suggesting How It Might Have Been Performed''. London: R. Bentley and Sons, 1884.
Children of Ares
Characters in Greek mythology
Greek mythology of Thrace
Epithets of Ares