In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Hecaterus or Hekateros (
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic p ...
: Ἑκάτερος) was a minor god and the father of five daughters (the Hecaterides) by the daughter of
Phoroneus, and through them grandfather of the
Oreads
In Greek mythology, an Oread (; grc, Ὀρειάς, Oreiás, stem grc, Ὀρειάδ-, Oreiád-, label=none, la, Oreas/Oread-, from grc, ὄρος, , mountain, label=none; french: Oréade) or Orestiad (; grc, Ὀρεστιάδες, Orest ...
,
Satyrs
In Greek mythology, a satyr ( grc-gre, σάτυρος, sátyros, ), also known as a silenus or ''silenos'' ( grc-gre, σειληνός ), is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exag ...
, and
Curetes.
His name has been interpreted as referring to the ''hekateris'' (a rustic dance which involves quickly moving hands), and himself as a patron or personification of this dance. On the other hand, it has been suggested that the name "Hekateros" (which stands in the
genitive case ''Ἑκατέρου'' in the original Greek text) could result from corruption of the purported ἑκ Δώρου "of
Dorus
In Greek mythology, Dorus ( grc, Δῶρος probably derived from ''doron'' "gift") was the eponymous founder of the Dorians.
Family
Each of Hellen's sons founded a primary tribe of Greece: Aeolus the Aeolians, Dorus the Dorians Pseudo-Scymnos ...
".
[Timothy Gantz, ''Mythes de la Grèce'' ''archaïque'', Belin, 2004, p. 242.]
Notes
References
*
Gantz, Timothy, ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, Two volumes: (Vol. 1), (Vol. 2).
*
Strabo, ''
The Geography of Strabo.'' Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.* Strabo, ''Geographica'' edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek gods
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