Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Autolycus" | Greek | A son of Hermes or Daedalion by Chione, Philonis, or Telauge. He was the husband of Neaera, or according to Homer, of Amphithea, by whom he became the father of Anticleia, the mother of Odysseus and Aesimus. |
"Celaeno" | Greek | A Pleiad, daughter of Atlas and Pleione, and by Poseidon the mother of Lycus and Eurypylus, or, according to others, of Lycus and Chimaereus by Prometheus. Greek |
"Dirce" | Greek | A daughter of Helios and wife of Lycus. Her body was changed by Dionysus into a well on mount Cithaeron. Greek |
King name "Hyrieus" | Greek | A son of Poseidon and Alcyone, was king of Hyria in Boeotia, and married to the nymph Clonia, by whom he became the father of Nycteus, Lycus, and Orion. Greek |
King name "Lycus" | Greek | 1. One of the sons of Aegyptus. 2. A son of Poseidon and Celaeno, who was transferred by his father to the islands of the blessed. 3. A son of Hyrieus, and husband of Dirce, one of the mythical kings of Thebes. 4. A tyrant of Thebes, is likewise called by some a son of Poseidon, though Euripides calls him a son of Lycus. Greek |
Nymph name "Nycteus" | Greek | A son of Hyrieus by the nymph Clonia, brother of Lycus and Orion, and husband of Polyxo, by whom he became the father of Antiope. Greek |
Hero name "Oeolycus" | Greek | A son of Theras of Sparta and brother of Aegeus, was honoured at Sparta with an heroum. Greek |
"Polymede" | Greek | A daughter of Autolycus, was married to Aeson, and by him became the mother of Jason. Apollonius Rhodius ( Argonautica) calls her Alcimede. Greek |
"Sinon" | Greek | A son of Aesimus, or Sisyphus, and a grandson of Autolycus and a relation of Odysseus |