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Thoas (king Of Corinth)
Thoas may refer to several figures in Greek mythology: * Thoas (king of Lemnos), saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women, a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of the Taurians) below * Thoas (king of the Taurians), king when Iphigenia became priestess of Artimis, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of Lemnos) above *Thoas (king of Aetolia), a Greek hero and leader in the Trojan War, son of Andraemon and Gorge *Thoas (king of Corinth), a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus *Thoas (son of Jason and Hypsipyle), a son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle the daughter of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above), and the brother of Euneus * Thoas (mythology), other figures named "Thoas" in Greek mythology Thoas may also refer to: * 4834 Thoas, an asteroid named after the Greek mythological Trojan War hero * An ancient name of the Achelous River The Achelous ( el, Αχελώος, grc, Ἀχελῷος '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (king Of Lemnos)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of the god Dionysus and Ariadne, the daughter of the Cretan king Minos. He was the king of Lemnos when the Lemnian women decided to kill all the men on the island. He was the only man to survive the massacre, having been saved by his daughter Hypsipyle. He is sometimes identified with the Thoas who was the king of the Taurians when Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians and became a priestess of Artemis there. Family Thoas was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, after the god Dionysus fell in love with Ariadne he carried her to Lemnos where they produced four sons Thoas, Staphylus, Oenopion, and Peparethus. However, according to Plutarch, by some accounts Oenopion and Staphylus were instead the sons of Theseus and Ariadne. Thoas was the father of Hypsipyle, and according to the ''Iliad'', by her and Jason, the grandfather of Euneus. Other sources sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (king Of The Taurians)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a king of the Taurians, a barbaric tribe in Crimea. He was king when Agamemnon's daughter Iphigenia was taken to the land of the Taurians, and became a priestess of Artemis there. He was a character in Euripides' play '' Iphigenia among the Taurians''. He is sometimes identified with the Thoas who was the king of Lemnos and the son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and the father of Hypsipyle. According to the Greek grammarian Antoninus Liberalis, the 2nd-century BC poet Nicander said that Thoas was the son of Borysthenes, god of a major river to the far north of Greece (now the Dnieper). Euripides In Euripides' play, '' Iphigenia among the Taurians'', Iphigenia, after being rescued from her intended sacrifice at Aulis by Artemis, has been brought to the Taurians and their king Thoas, where she is forced to sacrifice any trespassing Greeks to Artemis. As the play begins, Iphigenia's brother Orestes arrives, but h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (king Of Aetolia)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (; Ancient Greek: Θόας),") a king of Aetolia, was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and one of the heroes who fought for the Greeks in the Trojan War. Thoas had a son Haemon, and an unnamed daughter. In the ''Iliad'' Thoas is the leader of the forty-ship Aetoilian contingent at Troy. He is mentioned several times in the ''Iliad'', where he is described as excelling both in fighting and in speaking. Other sources list Thoas as one of the suitors of Helen, and as one of the warriors hidden inside the Wooden Horse. He was one of the few Greeks to return home safely after the war. Family Thoas's father was Andraemon, whose birth and origin are unknown. Andraemon married Gorge, the daughter of Oeneus, who was the king of Calydon, an ancient Aetolian city-state, and the father of the heroes Tydeus (one of the Seven against Thebes) and Meleager (the host of the Calydonian boar hunt, and one of the Argonauts), and grandfather of the Trojan War hero Diomede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (king Of Corinth)
Thoas may refer to several figures in Greek mythology: * Thoas (king of Lemnos), saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women, a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of the Taurians) below * Thoas (king of the Taurians), king when Iphigenia became priestess of Artimis, sometimes identified with Thoas (king of Lemnos) above *Thoas (king of Aetolia), a Greek hero and leader in the Trojan War, son of Andraemon and Gorge *Thoas (king of Corinth), a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus *Thoas (son of Jason and Hypsipyle), a son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle the daughter of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above), and the brother of Euneus * Thoas (mythology), other figures named "Thoas" in Greek mythology Thoas may also refer to: * 4834 Thoas, an asteroid named after the Greek mythological Trojan War hero * An ancient name of the Achelous River The Achelous ( el, Αχελώος, grc, Ἀχελῷος '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (son Of Jason And Hypsipyle)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") was a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of the Lemnian king Thoas, and the twin brother of Euneus. Thoas and Euneus took part in the funeral games of the Nemean king Lycurgus' infant son Opheltes, after which they succeeded in rescuing their mother Hypsipyle from her servitude. Family Thoas, and his twin brother Euneus, were the son of Jason, the leader of the Argonauts, and Hypsipyle, the daughter of King Thoas of Lemnos, who was the son of Dionysus and Ariadne. When the women of Lemnos massacred the Lemnian men, Hypsipyle secretly helped her father escape from the island. She was made queen of Lemnos, and received Jason and the Argonauts when they visited the island. The Argonauts stayed for a while and mated with the women there. Mythology Euripides' ''Hypsipyle'' Thoas was a character in Euripides' partially preserved play ''Hypsipyle''. According to this account, when Jason left Lemnos, he took h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thoas (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift") may refer to the following figures: * Thoas, a king of Lemnos saved by his daughter Hypsipyle from the massacre by the Lemnian women. He was a son of Dionysus and Ariadne, and sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of the Taurians, below. * Thoas, a king of the Taurians when Iphigenia became priestess of Artemis. He is sometimes identified with Thoas, the king of Lemnos above. * Thoas, a king of Aetolia. He was the son of Andraemon and Gorge, and a Greek leader and hero in the Trojan War. * Thoas, a king of Corinth. He was a son of Ornytion and a grandson of Sisyphus. * Thoas, a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of Thoas, the king of Lemnos (above). He was the twin brother of Euneus. Other Greek mythological figures named Thoas include: *Thoas, a son of Icarius of Sparta, and the brother of Penelope, the wife of Odysseus. According to the mythographer Apollodorus, Icarius and the Naiad nymph Peribo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
4834 Thoas
4834 Thoas is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 11 January 1989, by astronomer Carolyn Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory. The C-type asteroid is one of the 50 largest Jupiter trojans and has a rotation period of 18.19 hours. It was named after Thoas from Greek mythology. Orbit and classification ''Thoas'' is a dark Jovian asteroid orbiting in the leading Greek camp at Jupiter's Lagrangian point, 60 ° ahead of its orbit in a 1:1 resonance ''(see Trojans in astronomy)''. It is a non-family asteroid in the Jovian background population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 4.5–5.9 AU once every 11 years and 11 months (4,356 days; semi-major axis of 5.22 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.14 and an inclination of 28 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The asteroid was first observed as ' Crimea–Nauchnij in December 1975. The body's observation arc begins in December 1986, with its observation as at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
