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Telephassa
(90 words)
[German version] (Τηλέφασσα;
Tēléphassa). Wife of the Phoenician ruler Agenor [1], mother of Europe [2], Cadmus [1], Cilix and Phoenix [1] (Apollod. 3,2). Together with her sons she sets out in search of her abducted daughter. Since they are not allowed to return without Europe and are unable to find her, they remain in Greece. T. dies in Thrace and is buried by Cadmus (Apollod. 3,21). According to another source (Mosch. 2,41) T. is the wife of Phoenix and a daughter of Poseidon and Libye.…
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Phalerus
(115 words)
[German version] (Φάληρος;
Phálēros). A Greek hero by the…
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Zeuxippe
(156 words)
(Ζευξίππη/
Zeuxíppē). Name of various female figures in mythology. [German version] [1] Daughter of the river god Eridanus Daughter of the river god Eridanus [2] and wife of Teleon (Hyg. Fab. 14,9) or of the Attic ruler Pandion [1] (Apollod. 3,193), the son of her sister Praxithea [1] and Erichthonius [1] (Apollod. 3,190). Their children were Procne, Philomela, Butes [1] and Erechtheus.…
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Polyphontes
(234 words)
(Πολυφόντης/
Polyphóntēs). [German version] [1] Theban in the Iliad Theban, son of Autophonus, out of offended pride, together with Maion [1], sets a trap for Tydeus and is killed by him (Hom. Il. 4,391 ff.). Börm, Henning (Kiel) [German version] [2] Opponent of Capaneus in the War of the Seven against Thebes Theban, favourite of Artemis and opponent of Capaneus in the assault of the Seven against Thebes (Aesch. Sept. 447 ff.). Börm, Henning (Kiel) [German version] [3] Herald of Laeus Herald of Laius [1], kills a horse belonging to Oedipus, who in his anger kills both him a…
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Pothos
(104 words)
[German version] (Πόθος/
Póthos, Lat.
Pothus).
Daimon (Demons); personification of pressing yearning, often for something distant; the initial distinction from Eros [1] and Himeros, longing for somebody or something present (Plat. Crat. 420a), becomes blurred in later times. P. is sometimes considered the son of Zephyrus or Eros (Plat. Symp. 197d) and Kypris and the brother of Peitho (Aeschyl. Supp. 1038 ff.). P. was also depicted among the followers of Aphrodite and Dionysus (Paus. 1,43,6; Plin. HN …
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Philotes
(107 words)
[German version] (Φιλότης;
Philótēs). Greek personification of sexuality and sensual love. In Hesiod (Theog. 224) she is a daughter of Nyx and a sister of the Moirai (Moira; but cf. Hes. Theog. 905) and of Age, Sleep, Deception, Vengeance, Quarrelsomeness, etc. This peculiar combination is occasionally traced to a negative view of women or Hesiod's pessimistic view of the world. Whereas Hesiod writes…
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Taphius
(90 words)
[German version] (Τάφ(ι)ος;
Táph(i)os). Descendant of Perseus [1] from Mycenae; eponym of the island of Taphos and the Taphian Islands allegedly settled by him (Taphiae; schol. [Hes.] scut. 11). It is after him that the Teleboae are also called Taphians (Taphii). Son of Poseidon and Hippothoe [3], father (Apollod. 2,51) of Pterelaus, who in turn had a son called T. (FGrH 31 F 15). T. returns to Mycene, he and his descendants kill all the sons, apart from Licymnius, of Electryon, whose throne he claims.…
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Scedasus
(127 words)
[German version] (Σκέδασος;
Skédasos). Hero of Leuctra to whom the Thebans sacrificed a white foal before waging battle. S.' daughters (and those of Leuctrus/Leucter, Diod. Sic. 15,54) are violated by Spartans passing through; in vain S. demands justice in Sparta and takes his own life (as his daughters had already done), after cursing the homeland of the perpetrators and prophesying a defeat for its army. S. is said to have appeared to Pelopidas before the battle of 371 BC against the Spartans; th…
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Polyphontes
(216 words)
(Πολυφόντης). [English version] [1] Thebaner in der Ilias Thebaner, Sohn des Autophonos, stellt aus gekränktem Stolz gemeinsam mit Maion [1] dem Tydeus eine Falle und wird von diesem getötet (Hom. Il. 4,391 ff.). Börm, Henning (Kiel) [English version] [2] Gegner des Kapaneus beim Krieg der Sieben gegen Theben Thebaner, Günstling der Artemis und Gegner des Kapaneus beim Sturm der Sieben gegen Theben (Aischyl. Sept. 447 ff.). Börm, Henning (Kiel) [English version] [3] Herold des Laios Herold des Laios [1], tötet ein Pferd des Oidipus, der ihn und Laios im Zorn erschlägt (Apollod. 3,51). B…
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Philotes
(100 words)
[English version] (Φιλότης). Griech. Personifikation von Sexualität und sinnlicher Liebe. Bei Hesiod (theog. 224) ist sie die Tochter der Nyx und die Schwester der Moiren (Moira; vgl. aber Hes. theog. 905) sowie von Alter, Schlaf, Betrug, Rach…
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Phaleros
(91 words)
[English version] (Φάληρος). Ein griech. Heros namens Ph. erscheint in diversen Zusammenhängen, ob immer derselbe gemeint ist, ist ungewiß: Ein Ph. wird auf Wunsch seines Vaters Alkon Argonaut (Apoll. Rhod. 1,96f.; Val. Fl. 4,654); er ist Eponym des att. Phaleron, wo ihm ein Altar geweiht war (Paus. 1,1,4), sowie des unteritalischen Neapolis [2] (= Phaleron). Vielleicht ist dieser att. Ph. identisch mit dem angeblichen Gründer von Soloi (Strab. 14,6,3). Vasen zeigen Ph. im Amazonenkampf; ein Lapithe (Lapithai) Ph. unterstützt Theseus gegen die Kentauren (Hes. scut. 179f.). Börm, …
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Salacia
(281 words)
[German version] [1] Maiden and worshipper of Apollo (Σαλακία;
Salakía). Maiden from Ophionis (her name may derive from the Salbacus mountains), who, according to an etiological legend, carries a box in a procession for Apollo. In the box are cakes in the form of lyre, bow and arrow, which are typical insignia of the god. The wind snatches her sacrificial gifts and blows them out to sea, which carries them to the Lycian Chersonnesus near Patara. A 'refugee from S.' finds them and sacrifices them there (Steph. Byz. s. v. Πάταρα;
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