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Henioche
In Greek mythology, the name Henioche (; Ancient Greek: ''Ἡνιόχη,'' fem. of ''ἠνίοχος'' "charioteer") may refer to: *Henioche, surname of Hera in Lebadea. *Henioche or Eniocha, wife of King Creon of Thebes according to some authors,Hesiod, ''Shield of Heracles'' 83 & Scholia on Homer's ''Iliad'' 14.323. more commonly known as Eurydice.Sophocles, ''Antigone'' 1180, 1300 and passim She was probably the mother of Menoeceus ( Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. *Henioche, daughter of Creon by either the above Henioche or Eurydice. She was probably the sister of Menoeceus, Lycomedes, Haemon, and Pyrrha. Together with the latter, there were statues erected for them at the entrance of the sanctuary of Apollo Ismenius in Thebes. *Henioche, daughter of Pittheus, thus a sister of Aethra. She was the mother of the bandit Sciron or Sinis by Canethus. *Henioche, daughter of Armenius, the descendant of Admetus. She was the consort of Andropompus and mother by him o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciron
In Greek mythology, Sciron, also Sceiron, Skeirôn and Scyron, (; gen.: Σκίρωνoς) was one of the malefactors killed by Theseus on the way from Troezen to Athens. He was a famous Ancient Corinth, Corinthian bandit who haunted the frontier between Attica and Megaris. Family Sciron was the son of either PelopsBibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus), ApollodorusE.1.2/ref> and possibly Hippodamia of Pisa, Hippodameia, or Poseidon and Iphimedeia. Other sources makes his parents as Canethus and Henioche, a daughter of Pittheus which made him a cousin of Theseus. Sciron was also called the son of Pylas (mythology), Pylas, king of Megara and thus great-grandson of Lelex.Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias1.39.6/ref> Sciron was the father of Endeïs, EndeisApollodorus3.12.6/ref> by the daughter of Pandion II, Pandion or Chariclo, daughter of Cychreus (mythology), Cychreus.Plutarch, ''Theseus'10.3/ref> Through his daughter Endeis, Sciron was thus the grandfather of the heroes Telamon and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pyrrha (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Pyrrha (; Ancient Greek: Πύρρα) may refer to the following women: * Pyrrha, wife of Deucalion. * Pyrrha, a Theban princess as the younger daughter of King Creon probably by his wife Eurydice or Henioche. Besides her older sister Megara, Pyrrha has three brothers with the names: Menoeceus ( Megareus), Lycomedes and Haemon. She was married by her father to Iphicles, the son of Amphitryon, who was previously wedded to Automedusa, daughter of Alcathous. By Iphicles, Pyrrha became the mother of two unknown children who were later thrown into the fire by Heracles during the hero's fit of madness. Together with her sister, Henioche, they erected statues for them near the temple of Ismenian Apollo in Thebes. * Pyrrha, possibly the name used by Achilles while hiding as a maid among the daughters of King Lycomedes of Skyros.Hyginus, ''Fabulae'96 Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Creon Of Thebes
Creon or Kreon (; ) is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes, Greece, Thebes in the legend of Oedipus. Family Creon was the son of Menoeceus, and grandson of King Pentheus. Creon had four sons and three daughters with his wife, Eurydice (wife of Creon), Eurydice (sometimes known as Henioche): Henioche, Pyrrha (mythology), Pyrrha, Megareus (son of Creon), Megareus, Lycomedes of Thebes, Lycomedes and Haemon. Creon and his sister, Jocasta, were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi. He is sometimes considered to be the same person who purified Amphitryon of the murder of his uncle Electryon and father of Megara (wife of Heracles), Megara, first wife of Heracles. Mythology First Regency After the death of King Laius of Thebes at the hands of his own son Oedipus, Creon became the ruler of the kingdom. During this regency, Amphitryon arrived with his fiancée Alcmene, Alcmena and her half-brother Licymnius from Mycenae, seeking exile and purificatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lycomedes (son Of Creon)
{{For other uses, Lycomedes (mythology) In Greek mythology, Lycomedes (Ancient Greek: Λυκομήδης ''Lykomedes'') was a Theban armed sentry with Thrasymedes, son of Nestor during the Trojan War. Family Lycomedes was the son of Theban regent, Creon of ThebesHomer, ''Iliad'9.84/ref> and possibly his wife Eurydice or Henioche, and thus, the brother of Menoeceus ( Megareus), Haemon, Megara, Pyrrha and Henoiche. Mythology Lycomedes fought on the side of the Argives in the Trojan War. No real significant background is given about him in the ''Iliad''. He was listed among the younger leaders and was not a king but of second rank. In the tenth year of the struggle when the Trojans have surrounded the Greeks in their ship's camp, Lycomedes stood as one of the seven guard commanders at nighttime in Book IX at the Greek wall. Other six captains of the sentinels were Thrasymedes, Ascalaphus, Ialmenus, Meriones, Aphareus and Deïpyrus. When Telamonian Ajax and Teucer had t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haemon
In Greek mythology, Haemon or Haimon (Ancient Greek: Αἵμων, ''Haimon'' "bloody"; ''gen''.: Αἵμωνος) was the son of Creon and Eurydice, and thus brother of Menoeceus ( Megareus), Lycomedes, Megara, Pyrrha and Henioche. The various sources of his myth present differing and contradictory versions of his story. In the version of the myth recorded by Apollodorus and in the Oedipodea, Haemon was killed by the Sphinx. In Sophocles' '' Antigone'', Haemon was the fiancé of Antigone and killed himself after her death. In Euripides' '' Antigone'', Haemon marries Antigone and they have a son, Maeon; in his ''Phoenician Women'' Antigone declares that she will kill Haemon and the engagement is broken. In a version of the myth recorded by Hyginus Hyginus may refer to: People *Hyginus, the author of the '' Fabulae'', an important ancient Latin source for Greek mythology. *Hyginus, the author of the ''Astronomia'', a popular ancient Latin guide on astronomy, probably the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurydice Of Thebes
In Greek mythology, Eurydice (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρυδίκη, ''Eὐrudíkē'' "wide justice", derived from ''ευρυς eurys'' "wide" and ''δικη dike'' "justice) sometimes called Henioche, was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes. Family Eurydice was probably the mother of Creon's five children: Menoeceus ( Megareus), Lycomedes, Haemon, Megara and Pyrrha. Mythology Sophocles' account She appears briefly in Sophocles' ''Antigone'' (as an "archetypal grieving, saddened mother" and an older counterpart to Antigone), to kill herself after learning, from a messenger, that her son Haemon and his betrothed, Antigone, have both died by suicide. She thrusts a sword into her liver and curses Creon for the death of her two sons: Haemon and Megareus. Haemon killed himself because his father Creon had unjustly locked Antigone in a tomb to eventually perish, to whom he was engaged. Statius' account The seer Tiresias predicts that if a son of Creon voluntarily throws ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittheus
In Greek mythology, Pittheus (; ) was the king of Troezen, city in Argolis, which he had named after his brother Troezen. Biography Pittheus was a son of Pelops and Dia (maybe another name for Hippodamia), father of AethraDiodorus Siculus. ''Bibliotheca Historica, Book 4.59.1'' and Henioche, and grandfather and instructor of Theseus. He was described by Euripides as the most pious son of Pelops, a wise man, and well versed on understanding the oracle thus sought by Aegeus.Euripides''. Medea683'' Plutarch. ''Life of Theseus, 3.4'' Pittheus is said to have taught the art of speaking, and even to have written a book upon it. Plutarch spoke of Pittheus' account in the following verses: ittheushad the highest repute as a man versed in the lore of his times and of the greatest wisdom. Now the wisdom of that day had some such form and force as that for which Hesiod was famous, especially in the sententious maxims of his 'Works and Days' .One of these maxims is ascribed to Pitthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canethus
In Greek mythology, the name Canethus (; Ancient Greek: Κάνηθος) may refer to: *Canethus, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He and his siblings were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them, Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Canethus was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god. *Canethus, son of the Euboean Abas and father of the Argonaut Canthus, as well as eponym of a mountain near Chalcis. *Canethus, father of the bandit Sciron or Sinis by Henioche.Plutarch, ''Theseus'' 25.4 May or may not be the same as the above one. Notes References * Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megareus Of Thebes
In Greek mythology, Megareus (; ) or Menoeceus (Μενοικεύς) was a warrior of Thebes, who figures in the war of the ''Seven against Thebes'' – the struggle between Eteocles and Polynices, the twin sons of Oedipus, for the throne of Thebes. He was known for his large stature, and is considered an anthropomorphic representation of his father's pride by some literary scholars. Family Megareus was the son of Eurydice and Creon, uncle of the two princes. He was thus the brother of Lycomedes, Haemon, Megara, Pyrrha, and Henioche, and the cousin of Antigone, Ismene, Eteocles, and Polynices. Mythology Creon supported Eteocles, the incumbent king. Megareus wanted to fight for Eteocles, but Creon did not want him to, fearing for his safety. Also, Tiresias, the blind prophet, told Creon that Eteocles would win if Creon sacrificed Megareus, reinforcing his decision. Creon suppressed Tiresias' prophecy, and sent Megareus to be sheltered away from the city of Thebes. Despi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenius
In Greek mythology, Armenius () or Harmenius was the son of Zeuxippus, son of King Eumelus of Pherae. He was the father of Henioche, mother of Melanthus by Andropompus. Hellanicus in scholia on Plato, ''Symposium In Ancient Greece, the symposium (, ''sympósion'', from συμπίνειν, ''sympínein'', 'to drink together') was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, o ...'', 208d (p. 376) Note {{Greek-myth-stub Characters in Greek mythology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melanthus
In Greek mythology, Melanthus () was a king of Athens and son of Andropompus and Henioche. Mythology Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants of Heracles, as part of the legendary "Return of the Heracleidae", later associated with the supposed "Dorian invasion". Melanthus fled to Athens, along with other of the expelled Neleidae, Alcmaeon and the sons of Paeon. Melanthus later became a king of Athens, the successor of Thymoetes, succeeded by Codrus. Codrus was considered to be a forefather to the Greek philosopher Plato. According to Diogenes Laertius who cited Thrasylus as his source, Codrus and Melanthus also trace their descent from Poseidon.Diogenes Laertius Plato 1 Melanthus was also a shipmate of Acoetes who attempted to kidnap Dionysus. Notes References * Pausanias, ''Description of Greece''. W. H. S. Jones (translator). Loeb Classical Library The Loeb Classical Library (LCL; named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plutarch
Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and ''Moralia'', a collection of essays and speeches. Upon becoming a Roman citizen, he was possibly named Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (). Family Plutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, about east of Delphi, in the Greek region of Boeotia. His family was long established in the town; his father was named Autobulus and his grandfather was named Lamprias. His brothers, Timon and Lamprias, are frequently mentioned in his essays and dialogues, which speak of Timon in particular in the most affectionate terms. Studies and life Plutarch studied mathematics and philosophy in Athens under Ammonius of Athens, Ammonius from AD 66 to 67. He attended th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
