In
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...
, Helicaon or Helikaon (
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...
: Ἑλικάων) was a
Trojan
Trojan or Trojans may refer to:
* Of or from the ancient city of Troy
* Trojan language, the language of the historical Trojans
Arts and entertainment Music
* '' Les Troyens'' ('The Trojans'), an opera by Berlioz, premiered part 1863, part 18 ...
warrior and son of the elder
AntenorHomer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
, ''Iliad
The ''Iliad'' (; , ; ) is one of two major Ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Odyssey'', the poem is divided into 24 books and ...
'' 3.123 and the priestess
Theano
In Greek mythology, Theano (; Ancient Greek: Θεανώ) may refer to the following personages:
* Theano, wife of Metapontus, king of Icaria. Metapontus demanded that she bear him children, or leave the kingdom. She presented the children of M ...
. He was the brother of
Crino In Greek mythology, the name Crino (; means "white lily") may refer to:
*Crino, one of the many consorts of King Danaus of Libya, mother of the Danaïdes Callidice, Oeme, Celaeno and Hyperippe. These daughters wed and slayed their cousin-husban ...
, including
Acamas
Acamas or Akamas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer.
* Acamas, son of Theseus, mentioned ...
,
Agenor
Agenor (; ) was in Greek mythology and history a Phoenician monarch, king of Tyre, Lebanon, Tyre or Sidon. The Greeks, Greek historian Herodotus (c. 484–425 BC), born in the city of Halicarnassus under the Achaemenid Empire, estimated that Agen ...
,
Antheus
In Greek mythology, Antheus (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθεύς derived from ἀνθέω ''antheō'' "to blossom, to bloom") may refer to:
*Antheus of Lyctus, son of Agelaus and a soldier in the army of Dionysus, killed by Deriades.
*Antheus, a yout ...
,
Archelochus,
Coön,
Demoleon
In Greek mythology, Demoleon (Ancient Greek: Δημολέων) was a Trojan warrior, son of Antenor and Theano. His father was a counselor to King Priam and his mother was a priestess of Athena.
Family
Demoleon was the brother of Crino, Acam ...
,
Eurymachus
The name Eurymachus or Eurymachos (; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύμαχος ''Eurúmakhos'') is attributed to the following individuals:
Mythology
* Eurymachus, son of Hermes and father of Eriboea, mother of the Aloadae.
*Eurymachus, a prince of ...
,
Glaucus
In Greek mythology, Glaucus (; ) was a Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having earlier earned a living from the ...
,
Hypsipylus,
Iphidamas In Greek mythology, the name Iphidamas (Ancient Greek: Ἰφιδάμας, gen. Ἰφιδάμαντος) may refer to:
* Iphidamas, also known as Amphidamas, son of Aleus and counted as one of the Argonauts.
* Iphidamas (or Amphidamas), a son of B ...
,
Laodamas
Laodamas (; ) refers to five different people in Greek mythology.
* Laodamas, son of Eteocles, inherited Thebes from his father. Pausanias, 9.5.13 In one version of the myth (different from the one recounted in Sophocles' ''Antigone''), he was re ...
,
Laodocus
In Greek mythology, the name Laodocus (; Ancient Greek: Λαόδοκος or Λαοδόκος means "receiving the people") or Leodocus (Λεωδόκος) may refer to:
*Laodocus, the Aetolian son of Apollo and Phthia, brother of Dorus and Polypo ...
,
Medon,
[Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484] Polybus,
[Homer, ''Iliad'' 11.59] and
Thersilochus
In Greek mythology, Thersilochus () may refer to three different figures:
* Thersilochus, the Trojan son of AntenorVirgil, ''Aeneid'' 6.484 and Theano. His siblings were Crino, Acamas, Agenor, Antheus, Archelochus, Coön, Demoleon, Eurymachus, ...
.
Helicaon's wife
Laodice Laodice (meaning "people-justice") may refer to:
Greek mythology
*''see Laodice (Greek myth)''
* Laodice (daughter of Priam), a princess of Troy
* Laodice, daughter of Agamemnon, sometimes conflated with Electra
* Laodice, one of the Hyperborean m ...
,
daughter of
Priam
In Greek mythology, Priam (; , ) was the legendary and last king of Troy during the Trojan War. He was the son of Laomedon. His many children included notable characters such as Hector, Paris, and Cassandra.
Etymology
Most scholars take the e ...
, fell in love with
Acamas
Acamas or Akamas (; Ancient Greek: Ἀκάμας) was a name attributed to several characters in Greek mythology. The following three all fought in the Trojan War, and only the first was not mentioned by Homer.
* Acamas, son of Theseus, mentioned ...
.
Eponym
*
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Notes
References
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Apollodorus
Apollodorus ( Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ''Apollodoros'') was a popular name in ancient Greece. It is the masculine gender of a noun compounded from Apollo, the deity, and doron, "gift"; that is, "Gift of Apollo." It may refer to:
:''Note: A ...
, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website
* Dictys Cretensis
Dictys Cretensis, i.e. Dictys of Crete (, ; ) of Knossos was a legendary companion of Idomeneus during the Trojan War, and the purported author of a diary of its events, that deployed some of the same materials worked up by Homer for the ''Iliad'' ...
'', from The Trojan War.'' ''The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian'' translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Homer
Homer (; , ; possibly born ) was an Ancient Greece, Ancient Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Despite doubts about his autho ...
, ''The Iliad'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. {{ISBN, 0-674-99328-4
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Publius Vergilius Maro
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the ''Eclogues'' ...
, ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library
* Tzetzes, John, ''Allegories of the Iliad'' translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015.
Trojans
People of the Trojan War