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  1. Xuthus

    In Greek mythology , Xuthus lang grc was a son of Hellen and Orseis and founder through his sons of the Achaeans tribe Achaean and Ionians Ionian nations. He had two sons by Creusa Ionas Ion and Achaeus, son of Xuthus Achaeus and a daughter named Diomede . Hesiod According to the Hesiod Hesiodic Catalogue of Women on the origin of the Greeks , Hellen s three sons Dorus , Xuthus with his sons Ion mythology Ion and Achaeus, son of Xuthus Achaeus and Aeolus , comprised the set of progenitor s of the major ancient tribes that formed the Greek nation. ref Hesiod, Catalogue frr. 9, 10 a . ref Euripides Aiclus and Cothus are sometimes described as being his children. Euripides s play, Ion play Ion , provides an unusual alternate version, according to which Xuthus is son of Aeolus Son of Hellen Aeolus and Cyane and Ion has in fact been begotten on Xuthus s wife Creusa by Apollo . Xuthus and Creusa visited the Pythia Oracle at Delphi to ask the god if they could hope for a child. Xuthus will later father Dorus with Creusa, though Dorus is normally presented as Xuthus s brother. References reflist Sources Hesiod probably , Eoiae or Catalogue of Women , c. 650 BC. cite book author Edith Hamilton Hamilton, Edith title Mythology publisher Little, Brown and Company year 1942 isbn 0 316 34114 2 Category Greek mythology Category Deucalionids bn ca Xutos cs X thos de Xuthos et Xuthos el es Juto mitolog a eu Juto mitologia fa fr Xouthos it Xuto ja pt Xuto ru sk Xouthos fi Ksuthos uk ...   more details



  1. Papilio xuthus

    italic title Taxobox name Asian swallowtail br Chinese yellow swallowtail br Xuthus swallowtail image Papilio xuthus 070707.jpg image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Swallowtail Butterfly Papilionidae genus Papilio species P. xuthus binomial Papilio xuthus binomial authority Carl Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1767 Papilio xuthus , also known as the Asian Swallowtail , Chinese Yellow Swallowtail , or as the Xuthus swallowtail , is a middle to large sized Swallowtail Butterfly swallowtail butterfly found in northeast Asia , Korea , Japan, and Hawaii . Description A mid sized, yellow, prominently tailed butterfly. It has a wingspan of 45 to 55  mm. Range Northern Myanmar , southern China , Japan from Hokkaid to Yaeyama Islands , Taiwan , Guam , Ogasawarashoto , Korean Peninsula , maritime province of Siberia , and the Hawaiian Islands . ref name Threatened Similar species Old World Swallowtail Papilio machaon has similar shape and coloring, however, caterpillar has very different coloring. Status Common and not threatened. ref name Threatened ... Papilio xuthus is common in urban, suburban, woods, and orange orchards. Life cycle The caterpillar of P. xuthus is very similar to the caterpillar of the Spangle Papilio protenor , however, the color of the osmeterium of P. xuthus is orange yellow, and the color of the osmeterium of P. protenor ... takes place after the larval duration of 2 weeks. gallery File Papilio xuthus Larva 2011 10 15.jpg Caterpillar File Papilio xuthus Pupa 2011 07 16.jpg Pupa File TYOU&HIGANBANA.JPG On Lycoris radiata ... xuthus title Papilio author Savela, Marrku date 16 Feb 2008 work Lepidoptera and some other ... References reflist See also commons Papilionidae Category Papilio xuthus Papilionidae stub de Papilio xuthus es Papilio xuthus fr Papilio xuthus ko nl Papilio xuthus ja no Papilio xuthus pl Papilio xuthus pt Papilio xuthus ru ...   more details



  1. Achaeus (son of Xuthus)

    Other uses Achaeus disambiguation Achaeus Achaeus lang grc was, according to nearly all traditions, a son of Xuthus and Creusa , and consequently a brother of Ionas Ion and grandson of Hellen . The Achaea ns regarded him as the author of their race, and derived from him their own name as well as that of Achaia, which was formerly called Aegialus. When his uncle Aeolus in Thessaly , whence he himself had come to Peloponnesus , died, he went thither and made himself master of Phthiotis , which now also received from him the name of Achaia. ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , 7.1.2 http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Paus. 7.1.2 ref ref Strabo , 8.7 http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Strab. 8.7 ref ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1.7.3 http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Apollod. 1.7.3 ref Servius alone calls Achaeus a son of Jupiter mythology Jupiter Zeus and Pithia, which is probably miswritten for Phthia, ref Servius on Aeneid 1. 242 http www.perseus.tufts.edu hopper text?doc Serv. A. 1.242 Latin ref ref name dgrbm Citation last Schmitz first Leonhard author link contribution Achaeus 1 editor last Smith editor first William title Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 8 publisher place Boston year 1867 contribution url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0017.html ref compare the account of Clement of Alexandria Clement . ref Clement, Recognitions , http www.theoi.com Text ClementRecognitions.html 21 10. 21 , where Phthia, daughter of Phoroneus , is given as the mother of Achaeus by Jupiter Zeus ref References reflist Sources SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Achaeus Son Of Xuthus Category Greek mythology Greek myth stub bn ca Aqueu fill de Xutos de Achaios el es Aqueo mitolog a eu Akeo mitologia fr Acha os fils de Xouthos it Acheo mitologia la Achaeus nl Achaeus mythologie pl Achajos mitologia grecka pt Aqueu filho de Xuto ru sr fi Akhaios sv A ...   more details



  1. Dorus (disambiguation)

    Dorus may refer to People Dorus de Vries , Dutch footballer Dorus Rijkers , Dutch lifeboat captain Stage name of Dutch comedian Tom Manders Greek mythology Dorus, son of Hellen and founder of the Dorian nation Dorus, son of Apollo and Phthia, and the father of Xanthippe Dorus, son of Xuthus and Creusa disambig given name nl Dorus ...   more details



  1. Bura (mythology)

    In Greek mythology , Bura Boura was a daughter of Ion mythology Ion , son of Xuthus , and Helice. She was the eponym of the city Boura Achaea Boura in Achaea . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 25. 8 ref ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Boura ref She is possibly the same as Bura, mother of Atrax mythology Atrax by Peneus . ref Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Atrax ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology ...   more details



  1. Ion (play)

    Ionas Ion br Creusa br Xuthus br Old Man Servant br Servant of Creusa br Priestess of Apollo br Athena ... so far been unable to have a child with her husband Xuthus, a Thessalian and son of Aeolus . So ... to the foreign born Xuthus , son of Aeolus , the son of Zeus . Xuthus won Creusa by assisting the Athenians in a war against the Chalcidians. Xuthus and Creusa have come to Delphi to ask if they can have children. Hermes says that Apollo will give the boy, soon to be named Ion, to Xuthus who will take ... reveals nothing of her past. She tells him that she has married a foreigner, Xuthus, who won ... temple. Seeing Xuthus approaching, Creusa asks Ion to reveal nothing of their conversation. Xuthus ... because they can. While Xuthus is inside, Creusa s servants pray to Athena and Artemis, recalling ..., they conclude that children born of mortals by gods are fated for ill fortune. Ion returns as Xuthus ... Ion treats him as if he were a pederast. At one point he even draws his bow. Xuthus explains that the god ... natural son. When Ion questions who his mother might be, Xuthus says that perhaps she was someone he met at a Bacchic festival. Ion accepts Xuthus as his father, but thinks wistfully of the mother he longs to meet. Creusa s servants wish that their mistress could share in the happiness. Xuthus proposes ..., Xuthus breaks off the conversation with Enough of that. You must learn to be happy. Ion will come ... of Xuthus and Ion, whom they consider interlopers. Creusa returns to the temple gate accompanied ... they know. They reveal that Apollo gave Ion to Xuthus as a son while she will remain childless. The old tutor speculates that Xuthus discovered that Creusa was barren, sired the child by a slave and gave .... They condemn the ingratitude of Apollo who gave preference to Xuthus over their mistress. The maids ... that a Delphian mob is searching for Creusa to stone her to death. He says that Xuthus arranged for Ion ... father and made up the story about Apollo. After all, Apollo said that Xuthus was his father. Convinced ...   more details



  1. Ion (mythology)

    one source date September 2011 for other uses of this term Ion disambiguation According to Greek mythology , Ion lang grc , gen . lang ell Ionas tis Elikis was the illegitimate child of Cre sa , daughter of Erechtheus and wife of Xuthus . ref Hesiod , Catalogue of Women fr. 10 a . ref Creusa conceived Ion with Apollo then she abandoned the child. Apollo asked Hermes to take Ion from his cradle. Ion was saved and raised by a priestess of the Delphic Oracle . Later, Xuthus was informed by the oracle that the first person he met when leaving the oracle would be his son, and this person was Ion. He interpreted it to mean that he had fathered Ion, when, in fact, Apollo was giving him Ion as an adoptive son. Creusa was planning on killing Ion due to her jealousy that Xuthus had a son while she was still childless. At the same time, Ion was planning on doing harm to Creusa. In the end, Creusa found out that Ion was her child, and only Xuthus adopted child. His story is told in the tragedy Ion play Ion by Euripides . Ion was the founder of Helike the modern Eliki in Achaea a modern prefecture . Ion was the son of Xuthus who brought to the area during the reign of the king of Selinus king Selinus . He married the girl named Helike mythology Helike who succeeded the throne. He built the city of Eliki who received the name of his wife and made the capital of the kingdom. Where he took an expedition against Eleusis now Elefsina with the help of the Athens Athenian and in the battle he was killed near Eleusis. According to mythological accounts, Ion founded a primary tribe of Greece, the Ionians . He is linked to the Hebrew Javan . ref Bromiley, Geoffrey William General Editor 1994 . The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia Volume Two Fully Revised E J Javan . Grand Rapids, Michigan Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 971. ISBN 0802837824. ref References reflist Category Ionian mythology Category Mythology of Achaea Category Attic mythology Category O ...   more details



  1. Hellen

    dablink Not to be confused with Helen of Troy , or Helenus , son of King Priam of Troy . Hellene lang grc was the mythological progenitor of the Greeks Hellenes lang grc , the son of Deucalion or sometimes Zeus and Pyrrha , brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus , Xuthus , and Dorus . His name is also another name for Greece Greek , meaning a person of Greek descent or pertaining to Greek culture , and the source of the adjective Hellenic . According to the Hesiod Hesiodic Catalogue of Women , his sons were themselves progenitors of primary tribes of Greece Aeolus the Aeolians , Dorus the Dorians , and Xuthus the Achaeans tribe Achaeans and Ionians through his sons Achaeus, son of Xuthus Achaeus and Ion mythology Ion . ref Hes. Cat . frr. 9 and 10 a OCT. ref They conquered the Greek area of Phthia and subsequently spread their rule to other Greek cities. The people of those areas came to be called Hellenes , after the name of their ancestor. The ethnonym Hellenes dates back to the time of Homer . In the Iliad , Hellas lang grc and Hellenes were names of the tribe also called Myrmidones settled in Pyhthia, led by Achilles . References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Deucalionids Greece stub Greek myth stub bn bg br Hellen ca Hel len cs Hell n de Hellen et Hellen el es Hel n eo Heleno mitologio eu Helen fa fr Hellen ko it Elleno la Hellen ja pt Heleno filho de Deucali o ru sk Hell n praotec Gr kov sr fi Hellen sv Hellen tl Helen uk zh ...   more details



  1. Dorus

    In Greek mythology , Dorus is the name of the son of Hellen ref By a nymph Orseis, according to Pseudo Apollodorus, Bibliotheke I.7.3 And from Hellen the war loving king sprang Dorus and Xuthus and Aeolus delighting in horses Hesiodic Catalogue of Women fragment 9 . ref who was the Eponym eponymous founder of the Dorians . ref Another parentage offered for Dorus in Bibliotheke was as son of Apollo and Phthia in this context he was the father of Xanthippe mythology Xanthippe . Another placement of Dorus among the Hellenes descended from Hellen was as the son of Xuthus and Creusa . ref Each of Hellen s sons founded a primary tribe of Greece Aeolus the Aeolians , Dorus the Dorians and Xuthus the Achaeans tribe Achaeans from Xuthus s son Achaeus, son of Xuthus Achaeus and Ionians from Xuthus s adopted son Ion mythology Ion , in truth a son of the god Apollo , aside from his sister Pandora II Pandora s sons with Zeus. The Hesiod ic Eoiae also notes Graecus founder of the Graecians , Ancient Macedonians Makedon of the Ancient Macedonians Makedones and Magnetes Magnetas or Magnis of the Magnetes . blockquote Dorus received the country over against Peloponnese and called the settlers Dorians after himself. ref Bibliotheke , I.7.3. ref blockquote Dorus was killed by Apis Greek mythology King of Argos Apis when he tried to invade the Peloponnese. According to Karl Kerenyi , the Dorians recalled that three times Heracles had aided their oldest king , Aigimios , under whom they had not yet emigrated to the Peleponnesos. ref Kerenyi. The Heroes of the Greeks , p. 184. ref Kerenyi s source is the Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca II.7.7 , who though he is late, was working with ancient materials lost to us. The eponymous figure of Dorus is a back formation all tribal groups have myths of an original , whose name is the eponym of the tribe, even tribal eponyms in Book of Genesis Genesis . The oldest are essentially eponyms of extended families, who were worshipped in arch ...   more details



  1. Creusa

    . ref Euripides , Ion , 277 ref Apollodorus mentions her as the mother and of Achaeus son of Xuthus Achaeus and Ion mythology Ion by her husband Xuthus ref Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 1. 7. 3 ref she is presumably the mother of Xuthus daughter Diomede . ref Apollodorus, Bibliotheca ..., Creusa was mother of Ion by Apollo, while Xuthus was infertile so he accepted Ion as his own son. In the play, Creusa was seduced by Apollo long before her marriage to Xuthus, and exposed the newborn baby in fear of her parents wrath. Years later, Xuthus went to consult the Delphi an oracle about his ... seemed to indicate Ion as his son, so Xuthus decided to adopt the youth. Creusa, unaware of her husband s infertility, thought that Ion s birth must have been the result of Xuthus adultery in the past ... to keep it a secret from Xuthus. In the end of the play, Athena promised that Creusa and Xuthus would ...   more details



  1. Graecus

    Graecus or Gr cus Ancient Greek language Ancient Greek lang grc was, according to Hesiod s Eoiae lang el or Catalogue of Women ref Hesiod. Eoiae lang el or Catalogue of Women , c. 650 BC. ref on the origin of the Greeks , the son of Pandora II and Zeus . His mother Pandora II named after her grandmother Pandora was the daughter of Deucalion and Pyrrha and sister of Hellen who together with his three sons Dorus , Xuthus with his sons Ionas Ion and Achaeus, son of Xuthus Achaeus and Aeolos , comprised the set of ancient tribes that formed the Greece Greek Ancient Greece Hellenic nation. Later traditions According to Stephanus of Byzantium , Graecus was a son of Thessalus . According to Virgil , Latinus is Graecus s brother. The Hellenic tribe Graecians according to legend took their name after Graecus. They were one of the first Greek tribes to colonize Italy . The area that came to be known as Magna Graecia took its name after them. The Latins used this term in reference to all Ancient Greeks Hellenic people because the first Greeks Hellenes they came into contact with were the Graecians , hence the name Greeks. References reflist See also Graea Graiki Names of the Greeks External links http www.hellenism.net Hellenism.Net Everything about Greece and Greeks http homepage.mac.com cparada GML Zeus.html Greek Mythology Link Carlos Parada Zeus http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 1407.html The Ancient Library Graecus Category Greek mythology Category Roman mythology Category Offspring of Zeus Category Deucalionids bn br Graecus ca Grec mitologia es Grecos pt Greco ro Graecus ...   more details



  1. Achaeus

    Achaeus may refer to Achaeus son of Xuthus , mythical founder of Achaean race A king of Lydia who was hanged by his subjects for extortion, according to Ovid Achaeus of Eretria born 484 BC , tragic poet who wrote forty five tragedies, some of whose titles are preserved Achaeus of Syracuse , another tragic poet who wrote ten or fourteen tragedies Achaeus son of Seleucus I Nicator , son of Seleucus I Nicator and brother of Antiochus I Soter Achaeus general died 213 BC , grandson to the above and a relative of Antiochus III the Great who was appointed governor of all the king s provinces beyond Taurus Mountains Achaeus genus Achaeus genus , a genus of crabs hndis ca Aqueu de Achaios Begriffskl rung el es Aqueo desambiguaci n fr Acha os it Acheo nl Achaeus ru ...   more details



  1. Iwasaki Tsunemasa

    Japanese name Iwasaki nihongo Iwasaki Tsunemasa also Kan en extra 1786 1842 was a Japan Japanese botanist , zoologist and entomologist Iwasaki Tsunemasa was a samurai in the service of the Tokugawa shogunate . He wrote Buk sanbutsu shi a work on the natural history of the Edo district including botany zoology and entomology as lists. Honz Zufu Iconographia Plantarum or Diagrams and Chronicles of Botany a Ukiyo e woodblock illustrated work 1828, 1884 , 1920 , 1921 in 93 volumes .Plants only. Honz Sen y Essentials to the study of plants and animals . Unpublished .Two volumes includes insects and gives some Dutch language Dutch names.Some editions include the Binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. S moka sodategusta Cultivation of Flowering Plants . Two volumes of woodcut illustrations 1818 .Includes 13 Ukiyo e of insects which cause plant damage.One was Papilio xuthus which fed on fragrant Yuzu citrus .He described the larva with its osmeterium . References Ueno Masuzo year? Japanese entomology in the first half of the nineteenth century Japanese journal of entomology Vol.27, No.1 19590315 pp. 4 9 The Entomological Society of Japan ISSN 09155805 Persondata NAME Iwasaki Tsunemasa ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1786 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1842 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Iwasaki, Tsunemasa Category Japanese entomologists Category 1786 births Category 1842 deaths Japan scientist stub entomologist stub ...   more details



  1. Achaeans (tribe)

    descended from the sons of the mythical Achaeus son of Xuthus Achaeus , Archander and Architeles ...   more details



  1. Chrysippe

    The name Chrysippe is the feminine form of Chrysippus, see Chrysippus disambiguation . In Greek mythology , the name Chrysippe lang grc may refer to Daughter of Danaus and Memphis, who married and killed Chrysippus, son of Aegyptus and Tyria. ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5 ref Daughter of Irus . With Phthius, son of Achaeus son of Xuthus Achaeus , she became mother of Hellen not to be confused with Hellen , son of Deucalion , who gave his name to Hellas, a city in Thessaly . ref Stephanus of Byzantium , s. v. Hellas ref Daughter of Hydaspes of India . Through the wrath of Aphrodite , she fell in love with her own father and, with the help of her nurse, lay with him unrecognized. When Hydaspes realized what had happened, he crucified his daughter and buried her nurse alive. Soon after that, overcome with grief, he threw himself into the river Indus presumably not the same as the Indian river commonly known as Indus , which was said to have been renamed Hydaspes after him. ref Pseudo Plutarch , On Rivers , 1 ref References reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category Danaids el ...   more details



  1. Lamedon (mythology)

    In Greek mythology , Lamedon was the younger son of Coronus Greek mythology Coronus the Sicyon ian, and brother to Corex. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 5. 8 ref After his older brother died without issue, Lamedon was to succeed him, but the kingdom was seized by Epopeus . However, Epopeus died of a wound he had received in the battle against Nycteus , and Lamedon took over as his heir according to Pausanias , Lamedon was responsible for giving Antiope mother of Amphion Antiope up to Lycus brother of Nycteus Lycus . ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 6. 3 ref Lamedon married Pheno, daughter of the Athens, Greece Athenian Clytius, and had by her a daughter Zeuxippe . Later, when Lamedon was engaged in a military conflict against Archander and Architeles sons of Achaeus son of Xuthus Achaeus and the husbands of the Danaids Scaea and Automate ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 7. 1. 6 ref , he had Sicyon mythology Sicyon of Attica for an ally. In reward for Sicyon s assistance, Lamedon gave him Zeuxippe to wife and pronounced him his successor. ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 2. 6. 5 ref References reflist Greek myth stub Category Greek mythology de Lamedon el ...   more details



  1. Larva

    Other uses Unreferenced date December 2009 File Papilio xuthus Larva 2011 10 15.jpg thumb 250px Larva of Papilio xuthus , butterfly A larva Latin plural larvae is a distinct juvenile form many animal s undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect developmental biology development such as insect s, amphibians , or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their Biological life cycle life cycle . Larva is Latin for ghost . The larva s appearance is generally very different from the adult form e.g. caterpillar s and butterfly butterflies , and a larva often has unique structures and larval organs that do not occur in the adult form. A larva s diet can be considerably different from that of the adult form. Larvae are frequently adapted to environments separate from adults. For example, some larvae such as tadpoles live exclusively in aquatic environments, but as adults can live outside water as frogs . By living in distinct environments, larvae may be given shelter from predators and reduce competition for resources with the adult population. Animals in the larval stage will consume food to fuel their transition into the adult form. Some species such as barnacles are immobile as adults, and use their mobile larvae form to distribute themselves. The larvae of some species can become puberty pubescent and not further develop into the adult form for example, in some newt s . This is a type of neoteny . File GoldenrodGallFlyLarva.jpg thumb Eurosta solidaginis Goldenrod Gall Fly larva It is a misunderstanding that the larval form always Recapitulation theory reflects the group s evolutionary history . It could be the case, but often the larval stage has evolved secondarily, as in insects. In these cases the larval form might differ more from the group s common origin than the adult form. Names of various kinds of larvae class wikitable Animal Name of larva Hydrozoa planula Many crustacean s Nauplius larva nauplius Decapoda zoea Mayflies , Grasshopper s, Hemiptera ...   more details



  1. Orseis

    For the polychaete worm genus , see Orseis polychaete . leave redlink to prevent ambiguous genus In Greek mythology, Orseis , Greek language Greek lang grc O was the water nymph Naiad of a spring in Thessalia , Greece , and the mythical ancestor of the Greeks . It is uncertain whether she was believed to be the daughter of Oceanus or the river god of Thessalia, Peneios. There is even a possibility that she was the daughter of Zeus and Deino the Graeae . According to the Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Library , Orseis married Hellen , son of Deucalion and Pyrrha and brother of Pandora II Pandora , the legendary Eponym Other eponyms eponymous ancestor of the Greeks. Their sons, Dorus , Xuthus , and Aeolus , according to Hesiod s probably Eoiae lang el or Catalogue of Women ref Hesiod s probably Eoiae Greek or Catalogue of Women , the origin of Hellenes ref together with the sons of Pandora, Graecus , Magnetes Magnetas and Makedon mythology Makedon with Zeus, became the founders of the seven primordial tribes of Hellas Graecians , Magnetes , Ancient Macedonians Makedones , Dorians , Achaeans tribe Achaeans , Ionians , and Aeolians . ref Apollodorus, The Library 1.49 Hellen and a Nymphe named Orseis had Doros, Xuthos, and Aiolos. ref References reflist Sources Apollodorus, The Library Greek Mythography 2nd century BC . Hesiod s probably Eoiae lang el or Catalogue of Women , on the origin of Hellenes . External links http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheOrseis.html Theoi Project Orseis http freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com jamesdow s053 f004819.htm The Pedigree of Orseis the Nymph Category Greek mythology Category Naiads bn de Orseis es Ors is fr Ors is it Orseide ru sr fi Orseis uk ...   more details



  1. Ion of Chios

    for other uses of this term Ion disambiguation Ion of Chios c. 490 480 c. 420 BC was a Ancient Greece Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher. He was a contemporary of Aeschylus , Euripides and Sophocles . Of his many plays and poems only a few titles and fragments have survived. He also wrote some prose works, including a Pythagoreanism Pythagorean text, the Triagmos , of which a few fragments survive. Life He was the son of Orthomenes, and was surnamed the son of Xuthus probably a nickname alluding to Xuthus , the father of the mythical Ion mythology Ion . ref Scholium ad Aristoph. Pac. 830 Suda, Eudocia, Harpocr., Ion ref When very young he went to Athens , where he enjoyed the society of Cimon , of whom he left laudatory notices in some of his works which are quoted by Plutarch . ref Plutarch, Cimon , 5, 9, 16 ref Plutarch informs us that Ion severely criticised Pericles , ref Plutarch, Pericles 5, 28 ref who is said to have been his rival in love. ref Athenaeus, x. 436 ref Ion was familiarly acquainted with Aeschylus , if we may believe an anecdote related by Plutarch, ref Plutarch, De Profect. in Virt. 8 ref but he did not come forward as a tragedian till after Aeschylus death. We also learn from Ion himself ref ap. Athenaeus, xiii. 603 ref that he met Sophocles at Chios, when the latter was commander of the expedition against Samos , 440 BC. His first tragedy was brought out in the 82nd Olympiad 452 BC he is mentioned as third in competition with Euripides and Iophon , in Olympiad 87.4 429 8 BC and he died before 421 BC, as appears from the Peace of Aristophanes , ref Aristophanes, Peace , 830 ref which was brought out in that year. Only one victory of Ion s is mentioned, on which occasion, it is said, having gained the dithyrambic and tragic prizes at the same time, he presented every Athenian with a pitcher of Chian wine. ref Scholium ad Aristoph. Pac. 830 Suda, Athenaios Athenaeus, i. 3 Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1454, 24. ref Hence it would seem that ...   more details



  1. Aeolus

    of Dorus , Xuthus and, in some sources, of Amphictyon who is otherwise a brother of Hellen . ref ..., Iocastus, Pheraemon, Xuthus, whereas the daughters are not mentioned at all. The sons were said ... of the part of Sicily between the Strait of Messina and Lilybaeum Xuthus of Leontini Agathyrnus ... source gives the sons names as Androcles, Chrysippus, Iocastus, Phalacrus, Pheraemon, Xuthus ...   more details



  1. Magnetes

    align center line height 1 Xuthus td td td td colspan 2 style text align center line height 1 Aeolus ... , as is Xuthus, who, marrying Creusa , daughter of Erechtheus , sired Achaeus and Ion fr. 10 a 23 ...   more details



  1. Diomede

    about the female Greek mythology characters other uses Diomede disambiguation TOCright Diomede Ancient Greek language Ancient Greek lang el Diom d is the name of four women in Greek mythology . Diomede of Lesbos As written in Homer s Iliad , Diomede was a mistress of Achilles , taken up after the seizure of Briseis by King Agamemnon . Her father was Phorbas of Lesbos . ref Iliad 9. 665 ref ref Eustathius of Thessalonica Eustathius on Homer , 596 Dictys Cretensis 2. 19, where she is called lang grc Diomedeia ref Diomede the Lapith Diomede was a Lapith , and daughter of Lapithes hero Lapithes . She married Amyclas and was the mother of Hyacinth mythology Hyacinthus , Cynortas Cynortes , Polyboea , Laodamia Leaneira , and, in other versions, of Daphne . ref Pseudo Apollodorus of Athens Apollodorus , Bibliotheca Pseudo Apollodorus Bibliotheca 3. 9. 1 3. 10. 3 ref ref Pausanias , Description of Greece , 3. 19. 4 10. 9. 5. ref ref http www.theoi.com Olympios ApollonLoves.html Theoi Project LOVES OF APOLLO ref ref http www.theoi.com Ouranios ApotheothenaPolyboia.html Theoi Project POLYBOEA ref ref Parthenius of Nicaea Parthenius , Love Romances , 15 ref Diomede the Phocian Diomede , daughter of Xuthus . She married Deioneus , king of Phocis , and was the mother of Cephalus , Actor mythology Actor , Aenetus mythology Aenetus , Phylacus and Asterodia . ref http www.theoi.com Text Ap3d.html Classical E Text NOTES ON APOLLODORUS, BIBLIOTHECA 3d Bot generated title ref ref http www.theoi.com Text Apollodorus1.html Apollodorus, The Library, 1.9.4 ref Interwiki bn bn , ja ja . Diomede, mother of Euryalus A fourth character of the name Diomede is mentioned briefly in Hyginus . ref Hyginus , Fabulae , 97 ref She is given as the wife of Pallas and mother of Euryalus , who fought at Troy . Nothing else is known about her. References Reflist Category Greek mythology Category Women in Greek mythology Category People of the Trojan War Categ ...   more details



  1. Ion (disambiguation)

    Wiktionary ion TOCright In physics and chemistry, an ion is an atom or group of atoms with a net electric charge. Ion may also refer to Ancient Greece Ion dialogue , a dialogue by Plato, between Socrates and Ion, a reciter of epic poems. Ion mythology , the son of Xuthus and Cre sa, daughter of Erechtheus Ion play , a play by Euripides on the relationship between humans and the gods, in which Ion is instead the son of Apollo. Ion of Chios , a writer and philosopher. Contemporary culture Ion DC Comics , a creature in the DC Comics universe Ion Marvel Comics , a super villain in the Marvel Comics universe I.O.N , a manga by Arina Tanemura Fon Master Ion, a character from the video game Tales of the Abyss Brands ION Audio, a brand of audio equipment manufacturer Numark Industries Ion chocolate , a Greek chocolate brand Alesis Ion , an analog modeling synthesizer keyboard made by Alesis Ion, a defunct communication network formerly advertised by Sprint Nextel Ion paintball marker , a paintball marker made by Smart Parts Saturn Ion , an automobile formerly sold by General Motors Ion Television , a television network Nvidia Ion , an Nvidia platform for the Intel Atom CPU Ion Guf , an entity interconnected with J. R. Bob Dobbs Ion, a lighting control console by Electronic Theatre Controls ETC Institutions Instituto Oncologico Nacional , or National Oncologic Institute, a specialized hospital in Panama City for cancer treatment Institute of Navigation , a non profit professional society for the advancement of the art and science of navigation Other Ion window manager , in computing, a window manager for the X Window System Ion name , the Romanian equivalent of John I On, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina , a Neighborhood I.O.N. band ION Index to Organism Names , gathered from the scientific literature for Thomson Reuters Zoological Record database See also Ionic disambiguation disambig da Ion flertydig de Ion Begriffskl rung es Ion desambiguaci n fa ION fr Ion homonymie it ION ...   more details



  1. Eubulus (poet)

    Eubulus was an Athens Athenian Middle Comedy Middle Comic poet , victorious six times at the Lenaia , first probably in the late 370s or 360s BC IG II2 2325.144 just before Ephippus According to the Suda test. 1 , which dates him to the 101st Olympiad i.e. 376 2 and identifies him as on the border between the Middle and the Old Comedy , he produced 104 comedies and won six victories at the Lenaia . An obscure notice in a scholia scholium on Plato test. 4 appears to suggest that some of his plays were staged by Aristophanes son Philippus. He attacked Philocrates, Callimedon , Cydias, and Dionysius the tyrant of Syracuse. Eubulus s plays are chiefly on mythological subjects and often parodies other tragic poets, especially Euripides . Surviving work 150 fragments including three dubia of his comedies survive, along with fifty eight titles Ancylion Anchises Amaltheia Anasozomenoi Men Who Were Trying To Get Home Safe Antiope Astytoi Impotent Men Auge Bellerophon Ganymede Glaucus Daedalus Danae Deucalion Dionysius Dolon Eirene Peace Europa Echo Ixion Ion Kalathephoroi Basket Bearers Campylion Katakollomenos The Man Who Was Glued To the Spot Cercopes Clepsydra Korydalos The Lark Kybeutai Dice Players Lakones Spartans or Leda Medea Mylothris The Mill Girl Mysians Nannion Nausicaa Neottis Xuthus Odysseus or Panoptai Men Who See Everything Oedipus Oenimaus or Pelops Olbia Orthannes Pamphilus Pannychis The All Night Festival Parmeniscus Pentathlos The Pentathlete Plangon Pornoboskos The Pimp Procris Prosousia or Cycnus Semele or Dionysus Skyteus The Shoemaker Stephanopolides Female Garland Vendors Sphingokarion Sphinx Carion Titans Tithai or Titthe Wet Nurses or Wet Nurse Phoenix Charites The Graces Chrysilla Psaltria The Harp Girl The standard edition of the testimonia and fragments is found in Kassel Austin, Poetae Comici Graeci Vol II Kock numbers are outdated and should no longer be used. Richard L. Hunter offers a careful study of Eupolis career and the fragments of his ...   more details



  1. Aeolian landform

    Aeolian landforms are features of the Earth s surface produced by either the Erosion erosive or constructive action of the wind . This process is not unique to earth, and it has been observed and studied on other planets, including Mars . ref cite web url http www.cnrt.scsu.edu content students uria presentations URIA2k Deithra 20.pdf title Aeolian Processes and Landforms last L. Archie first Ms. Deithra work New Mexico State University pages 2 accessdate 2008 08 06 ref Terminology The word derives from Aeolus olus , the Greek god of the winds, and the son of Hellen and the nymph Orseis , and a brother of Dorus , Xuthus and Amphictyon . ref name ref1 cite web url http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com index.cfm?PgNm TCE&Params A1ARTA0000049 title Aeolian landform publisher The Canadian Encyclopedia accessdate 2008 08 06 ref Mechanism Image KelsoSand.JPG thumb Sand blowing off a crest in the Kelso Dunes of the Mojave Desert , California. In aeolian processes , wind transports and deposits particles of sediment . Aeolian features form in areas where wind is the primary source of erosion . The particles deposited are of sand , silt and clay size. The particles are entrained in by one of four processes. Creep occurs when a particle rolls or slides across the surface. Lift occurs when a particle rises off the surface due to the Bernoulli effect . If the airflow is turbulent , larger particles are transported by a process known as Saltation geology saltation . Finally, impact transport occurs which one particle strikes another causing the second particle to move. ref name ref1 Erosional landforms Wind eroded landform s are rarely preserved on the surface of the Earth except in arid regions. Elsewhere, moving water erases the aeolian landforms. There are several types of landforms associated with erosion lag deposits, ventifact s, yardang s and Dry lake pans . Large basins are complex and there is often one or more non aeolian process at work, including tectonics , glacial ...   more details




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