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[English version] (Φάλκης). Heraklide (Herakleidai), Sohn des Temenos, Bruder des Kissos (Keisos: Paus. 2,19,1), Kerynes, Agaios (andere Söhne des Temenos nennt Apollod. 2,179) und der Hyrnetho, Vater des Rhegnidas (Paus. 2,13,1). Aus Eifersucht auf Hyrnetho und deren Gatten Deïphontes, die Temenos seinen Söhnen vorzieht, lassen Ph. und seine Brüder (mit Ausnahme des jüngsten: Agaios) den Vater beim Baden überfallen und töten (Nikolaos von Dam…

[English version] (Ὄρθος oder Ὄρθρος, zum Namen: [1]). Zweiköpfiger Hund (bei Tzetz. in Lykophr. 653: zwei Hunde- und sieben Drachenköpfe), Sohn des Typhon (Typhoeus) und der Echidna; Bruder des Kerberos, der Hydra [1] und der Chimaira (?, vgl. [2. 254f.]; Hes. theog. 304-320); von Echidna (oder Chimaira: [2. 256]) Vater der Phix (Sphinx) und des Nemeischen Löwen (Hes. theog. 326f.). Wächter der Rinderherde des Geryoneus (bei Pind. I. 1,13: Pl. κύνες/ kýnes, “Hunde”), wird zusammen mit dem Hirten Eurytion [3] von Herakles [1] erschlagen, als er versucht, diesen …

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(Θρασυμήδης). [English version] [1] Sohn des Nestor und der Anaxibia Sohn des Nestor [1] und der Anaxibia (Tochter des Kratieus), Bruder u. a. des Echephron [1] und des Peisistratos [1] (Hom. Od. 3,412-415; Apollod. 1,94; Dictys 1,13), Vater des Sillos und so Großvater des Alkmaion [2] (Paus. 2,18,8). Th. zieht mit seinem Bruder Antilochos, der später durch Memnon [1] fällt (vgl. Q. Smyrn. 2,267-344), und 15 Schiffen (Hyg. fab. 97,5) nach Troia (Hom. Il. 9,81; 10,255-259; 14,9-11 u.ö.; Philostr. Heroicus …

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(Θρασυμήδης/ Thrasymḗdēs). [German version] [1] Son of Nestor and Anaxibia Son of Nestor [1] and Anaxibia (daughter of Cratieus), brother e.g. of Echephron [1] and Peisistratus [1] (Hom. Od. 3,412-415; Apollod. 1,94; Dictys 1,13), father of Sillus and hence grandfather of Alcmaeon [2] (Paus. 2,18,8). T. and his brother Antilochus, who is later killed by Memnon [1] (cf. Q. Smyrn. 2,267-344), set off …

(Μυρτώ/ Myrt ṓ). [German version] [1] Daughter of Menoetius Daughter of Menoetius [1] from Opus in Locria; sister of Patroclus, mother by Heracles [1] of  Euclea (Plut. Aristides 331e).…

[German version] [1] Oldest mythical king of Arcadia (Λυκάων; Lykáōn). Oldest mythical king of Arcadia, son of Pelasgus and of the daughter of Oceanus, Meliboea, or the mountain nymph Cyllene. L.'s sons are the founding heroes of all important Arcadian cities; his son Oenotrus, dissatisfied with his share of the inheritance, is said to have left his homeland and settled in Italy with several followers (hence the name Oenotria) (first in Pherecydes, FGrH 3 F 156). The number of 50 sons mentioned in Apol…

(Σκύθης). [German version] [1] Son of Heracles Third son of Heracles [1] (or Zeus: Diod. 2,43,3) and Echidna, brother of Agathyrsus and Gelonus [1]. Is the only son able to accomplish the task, set by his father, of drawing his bow and putting on his belt, and so becomes the king of Hylaea and the eponym of the Scyth…

[German version] [1] Son of Odysseus and Calypso (Τηλέδαμος; Tēlédamos). According to Eust. on Hom. Od. 16,118, the author of the Tēlegonía names a son of Odysseus and Calypso“Telegonus or Teledamus”, which would make him the brother of Nausithous [2] and Nausinous. The passage is evidently corrupt, since elsewhere Telegonus is Odysseus' son with Circe. For a discussion of conjectures: [1]. Antoni, Silke (Kiel) Bibliography 1 K. …

[German version] [1] Amphinomus and Anapias Pious pair of brothers from Catana (Ἀμφίνομος and Ἀναπίας, Ἄναπις; Amphínomos and Anapías/ Ánapis). Pious pair of brothers from Catana, who during a volcanic eruption of Etna carried their parents from the flames; the lava stream divided in a miraculous manner before them. They were still cultically venerated in the imperial period (Paus. 10,28,4); their statutes stood at the place of this rescue, the ‘Place of the Pious’, eusebōn chṓros. The event is first mentioned by Lycurg. Or. in Leocratem 95, which only mentions a youth…

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(Παλλήνη/ Pallḗnē). [German version] [1] Daughter of the giant Alcyoneus Also called Palene (Παλήνη/ Palḗnē): Suda s.v. Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι. According to Hegesander (or Agesander: FHG 4, 422, fr. 46), daughter of the giant Alcyoneus [1], who, along with her sisters (Alcyonides [2]), threw herself into the ocean from the Canastraeum, only to be turned into a kingfisher ( alkyṓn, after her father) by Amphitrite (Suda l.c.; Eust. ad Hom. Il. 1,563, p. 776,33-39 (according to Pausanias); Apostolius Paroemiographus 2,20). Antoni, Silke (Kiel) Bibliography P.M.C. Forbes Irving, Metamorphosis in Greek Myths, 1990, 241. [German version] [2] Daughter of Odomanti King Sithon and the nymph Mendeis According to Theagenes and Hegesippus (FHG 4, 423, fr. 1), P. was the daughter of Sithon, king of the Odomanti, and the nymph Mendeis (Conon FGrH 26 F 1,10) or of Anchinoe (Tzetz. on Lycophr. 583 and 1161), the sister of Rhoetea and the eponym of the peninsula in Thracia of the same name [4]. P. had many suitors because of her beauty, but she could marry only whoever was able to defeat her father in battle. After Sithon had killed many suitors, he made Dryas [4] and Cleitus [4] (or Clitus: Conon l.c.) compete against each other. P. fellsin love with Cleitus, whereupon her old teacher bribed Dryas' charioteer to sabotage his chariot. After Cleitus' victory and Sithon's discovery of the deceit, he wanted to burn P. at the stake but was prevented from doing so by a divine apparition (Aphrodite in Conon l.c.) and a cloud burst, and consented to the marriage. After Sithon's death, P. and Cleitus assumed the rule (Parthenius 6; Conon l.c.; Steph. Byz. s.v. Π.). In a different version …

(Παλλήνη). [English version] [1] Tochter des Giganten Alkyoneus (auch Palene/Παλήνη: Suda s.v. Ἀλκυονίδες ἡμέραι). Nach Hegesandros (oder Agesandros: FHG 4, 422, fr. 46) Tochter des Giganten Alkyoneus [1], die sich zusammen mit ihren Schwestern (Alkyonides [2]) nach dessen Tod vom Kanastraion ins Meer stürzt und, wie diese, von Amphitrite in einen Eisvogel ( alkyṓn, nach ihrem Vater) verwandelt wird (Suda l.c.; Eust. ad Hom. Il. 1,563, p. 776,33-39 (nach Pausanias); Apostolius Paroemiographus 2,20). Antoni, Silke (Kiel) Bibliography P.M.C. Forbes Irving, Metamorphosis in G…