In Greek mythology , Aeson ( / ˈ iː s ɒ n / ; Ancient Greek : Αἴσων Aísōn ) was a king of Iolcus in Thessaly . He was the father of the hero Jason . According to one version of the story, he was imprisoned by his half-brother Pelias , and when Pelias intended to kill him he committed suicide. In another story, he was killed by Jason's wife Medea , who brought him back to life as a young man.
21-399: Aeson was the son of Cretheus and Tyro . He had two brothers Pheres and Amythaon . Through his mother Tyro who consorted with the sea god Poseidon , he had two half-brothers, Neleus and Pelias . Aeson was the father of Jason and Promachus with Alcimede , daughter of Phylacus and Clymene . Other sources say the mother of his children was (1) Polymede or Polymele , or Polypheme
42-484: A daughter of Autolycus , (2) Amphinome , (3) Theognete , daughter of Laodicus , (4) Rhoeo or (5) Arne or (6) Scarphe . Pelias was power-hungry and he wished to gain dominion over all of Thessaly . To this end, he banished Neleus and Pheres and locked Aeson in the dungeons in Iolcus . Aeson sent Jason to Chiron to be educated while Pelias, afraid that he would be overthrown, was warned by an oracle to beware of
63-445: A list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Myrina_(mythology)&oldid=1254093947 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Queens of
84-511: A man wearing one sandal. Many years later, Pelias was holding the Olympics in honor of Poseidon when Jason, rushing to Iolcus, lost one of his sandals in a river while helping Hera , in the form of an old woman, cross. When Jason entered Iolcus, he was announced as a man wearing one sandal. Suspicious, Pelias asked him what he (Jason) would do if confronted with the man who would be his downfall. Jason responded that he would send that man after
105-648: A military expedition in Libya and won a victory over the people known as the Atlantians, destroying their city Cerne; but was less successful fighting the Gorgons (who are described by Diodorus as a warlike nation residing in close proximity to the Atlantians), failing to burn down their forests. During a later campaign, she struck a treaty of peace with Horus , ruler of Egypt , conquered several peoples, including
126-458: A pot and Aeson came to life as a young man. She then told Pelias' daughters she would do the same for their father. They slit his throat and Medea refused to raise him, so Pelias stayed dead. Cretheus In Greek mythology , Cretheus ( / ˈ k r iː θ i ə s , - θj uː s / ; Ancient Greek : Κρηθεύς Krētheus ) may refer to the following characters: Cretheus, king and founder of Iolcus ,
147-598: A suburb (πολίχνη) of Troy, which is named after "an Amazon called Myrina, who had died there" References [ edit ] Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at
168-677: The Iliad , see Batea (mythology) . Was identified with Myrina the Amazon. Myrina , a mythological priestess of Aphrodite who became a myrtle tree. Notes [ edit ] ^ Diodorus Siculus , 3.54-56 ^ Stephanus of Byzantium , s.v. Myrina ^ See also Strabo , 11.5.5. = 12.3.22 ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , 1.601 ^ Etymologicum Magnum 595, 20 under Μυρίννα ^ Homer , Iliad 2.814 ^ Strabo, 12.8.6 ^ Tzetzes on Lycophron , 243 discusses Myrina,
189-1593: The Cretan father of an unnamed daughter who became the mother of Asterius by Teutamus . Notes [ edit ] ^ Hesiod , Ehoiai fr. 10(a); Apollodorus , 1.7.3 ^ Scholia on Homer , Odyssey 11.235 ^ Hyginus , De Astronomica 2.20; she unsuccessfully tried to seduce Phrixus and falsely accused him of an attempt to rape her, cf. the stories of Phaedra and Hippolytus , Stheneboea and Bellerophon , Astydamia and Peleus , Phthia / Clytia and Phoenix , Philonome and Tenes , Ochne and Eunostus ^ Homer, Odyssey 11.259; Apollodorus, 1.9.11 ; Tzetzes on Lycophron , 175 ^ Hamilton, Edith (1942). Mythology . Little, Brown and Company. p. 299. ISBN 9780316438520 . ^ Pindar , Nemean Ode 4.57 ^ Apollodorus, 3.13.2 ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius , Argonautica 1.601 ^ Stephanus of Byzantium , s.v. Φάλαννα ^ Diodorus Siculus , 4.60.2 References [ edit ] Diodorus Siculus , The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather . Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library . Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site Diodorus Siculus , Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2 . Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at
210-553: The Golden Fleece . Pelias took that advice and sent Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece. During Jason's absence, Pelias intended to kill Aeson. However, Aeson committed suicide by drinking bull's blood . His wife killed herself as well, and Pelias murdered their infant son Promachus . Alternatively, he survived until Jason and his new wife, Medea , came back to Iolcus. She slit Aeson's throat, then put his corpse in
231-565: The Perseus Digital Library . Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft , Band XVI, Halbband 31, Molatzes-Myssi (1933), s. 1095-1097 (in German) Stephanus of Byzantium , Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at
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#1732790203303252-510: The Perseus Digital Library . Hesiod , Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Homer , The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at
273-420: The Perseus Digital Library . Homer , 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. ISBN 978-0674995796 . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318 . Greek text available at
294-909: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cretheus&oldid=1253201540 " Categories : Set index articles on Greek mythology Mythological city founders Aeolides Kings of Iolcus Kings in Greek mythology Mythological Cretans Mythological Thessalians Cretan mythology Thessalian mythology Hidden category: All set index articles Myrina (mythology) From Misplaced Pages,
315-561: The Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website . Hyginus , Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Pindar , Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1990. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Pindar , The Odes of Pindar including
336-531: The Principal Fragments with an Introduction and an English Translation by Sir John Sandys, Litt.D., FBA. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1937. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library . Pseudo-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 Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at
357-1022: The Syrians, the Arabians, and the Cilicians (but granted freedom to those of the latter who gave in to her of their own will). She also took possession of Greater Phrygia , from the Taurus Mountains to the Caicus River, and several Aegean islands, including Lesbos ; she was also said to be the first to land on the previously uninhabited island which she named Samothrace , building the temple there . The cities of Myrina (in Lemnos ), possibly another Myrina in Mysia , Mytilene , Cyme , Pitane , and Priene were believed to have been founded by her, and named after herself, her sister Mytilene, and
378-408: The Topos Text Project. 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. [REDACTED] [REDACTED] This article includes
399-566: The commanders in her army, Cyme, Pitane and Priene, respectively. Myrina's army was eventually defeated by Mopsus the Thracian and Sipylus the Scythian ; she, as well as many of her fellow Amazons, fell in the final battle. Myrina, daughter of Cretheus and wife of Thoas , another possible eponym for the city of Myrina on Lemnos. Myrina, a person whose tomb in Troad is mentioned in
420-546: The 💕 [REDACTED] A helmeted Amazon with her sword and a shield bearing the Gorgon head image, Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 510–500 BC, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Berlin. In Greek mythology , the name Myrina , Myrinne or Myrinna ( Ancient Greek : Μύρινα, Μυρίννη, Μυρίννα ) may refer to the following individuals: Myrina, a queen of the Amazons . According to Diodorus Siculus , she led
441-692: The son of King Aeolus of Aeolia (son of Hellen ) by either Enarete or Laodice . He was the brother of Sisyphus , Athamas , Salmoneus , Deion , Magnes , Perieres , Canace , Alcyone , Peisidice , Calyce and Perimede . Cretheus's wives were Tyro , his niece, and Demodice or Biadice . With Tyro, he fathered Aeson , Pheres , and Amythaon . When Cretheus found out that Tyro had an affair with Poseidon, he left her and married Demodice. He also had several daughters, namely Hippolyte , future wife of Acastus (otherwise known as Astydamia ), Myrina who married Thoas , and possibly Phalanna , eponym of Phalanna . Cretheus, also known as Cres ,
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