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Nestor
(1,290 words)
(Νέστωρ;
Néstōr). [German version] [1] Son of Nesleus Important figure in Greek mythology, particularly in the legend of the Trojan War. N. represents the aging warrior who has lost some of his former physical strength but due to his wealth of experience fulfills an important function in the group of leaders and in the Greek army. N. is the son of Neleus (thus his fixed epithet Neleid [Νηλεΐδης;
Nēleΐdēs]) and of Chloris [4]. He has two brothers by the names of Chromius and Periclymenus, who are of no mythological significance, and a sister Pero who appears to h…
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Lycurgus
(2,669 words)
(Λυκοῦργος/
Lykoûrgos, ep. Λυκόοργος/
Lykóorgos, Lat. Lucurgus, Lycurgus). [German version] [1] Son of Dryas Son of Dryas, in Nonnus also son of Ares (Nonnus, Dion. 20,149
et passim), opponent of Dionysus, who drives the latter's nurses over the unidentified
Nysḗïon mountains ( Nysa) with the
bouplḗx (‘ox beater’) and intimidates the mad god to such an extent that he dives into the sea to Thetis (Hom. Il. 6,128-140). While in Aeschylus' tetralogy
Lykourgeía (TrGF 3 T 68:
Ēdōnoí F 57-67,
Bassárai/-
rídes F 23-25,
Neānískoi F 146-149,
Lykoûrgos F 124-126) L. is king of the Thracian …
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Odysseus
(2,574 words)
(Ὀδυσσεύς, Latin
Ulixes, Etruscan
utuze). [German version] I. Mythology Son of Laertes and Anticlea, husband of Penelope, father of Telemachus. One of the central figures of Greek mythology; in Homer's
Odyssey, the focus of a major Archaic epic. This fact alone indicates the significance of the figure of O., which contrasts with the other figures of Greek heroic myth through the emphasis on special intellectual abilities. Thus, he represents an archetype in the history of European thought; his presence in later literature a…
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Cassiphone
(117 words)
[German version] (Κασσιφόνη,
Kassiphónē, ‘Fratricide’). Daughter of Odysseus and of Circe, therefore sister of Telegonus. C. is mentioned in description at Lycoph. 807ff.; the name itself is mentioned only in the Commentary of Tzetzes. This figure is probably a late classical or Hellenistic invention, intended to expand the structure of Telegonia: there Telegonus, whom he does not know, kills his father Odysseus and marries his stepmother Penelope; Telemachus, on the other hand, marries his step…
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Hellen
(137 words)
[German version] (Ἕλλην;
Héllēn). Eponymous progenitor of the Hellenes, therefore of the entirety of the inhabitants of Greece; the individual tribes took their names from H.'s sons and grandsons Dorus, Xuthus (father of Ion and Achaeus [1]) and Aeolus [1]. Pyrrha and either Deucalion (Hes. fr. 2; schol. Hes. Op. 158a; Thuc. 1,3,12; Diod. Sic. 4,60,2) or Zeus (schol. Pl. Symp. 208d; Apollod. 1,49) are named as H.'s parents. In the Homeric catalogue of ships the Hellenes inhabit only a small …
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Hyrtacus
(87 words)
[German version] (Ὕρτακος;
Hýrtakos). Named in the Trojan allies' catalogue of the
Iliad as father of Asius, who was the ruler over Arisbe at the Hellespont (Hom. Il. 2,835-839). H. himself only appears in Asius' patronymic information; his name is possibly to be connected with a Cretan town by the name of Hyrtacina. A hero of the same name appears in Virgil's
Aeneid as the father of Nisus (Verg. Aen. 9,176f.). Visser, Edzard (Basle) Bibliography Kamptz, 313f. P. Wathelet, Dictionnaire des Troyens de l'Iliade, 1988, no. 325.
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Hippasus
(555 words)
(Ἵππασος;
Híppasos). Name often used in epic texts for figures lacking any further characterization, particularly common in patronymic information about less important heroes. Esp. interesting in this context are [1] - [4]: [German version] [1] Father of Actor, the Argonaut Father of Actor, the Argonaut (Apoll. Rhod. 1,112; Hyg. Fab. 14). Visser, Edzard (Basle) [German version] [2] Father of Charops Father of Charops [4] (Hom. Il. 11,426). Visser, Edzard (Basle) [German version] [3] Father of Hypsenor Father of Hypsenor, killed by Deiphobus (Hom. Il. 13,411). Visser, Edzard …
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