Itonus
In Greek mythology, Itonus (/aɪˈtoʊnəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἴτωνος, romanized: Itonos, lit. 'willow-man'[1]), also Itonius, may refer to two individuals:
- Itonus, king of Iton in Phthiotis and son of Amphictyon.[2][AI-generated source?] He was married to Melanippe, a nymph, and had a son Boeotus[3] and two daughters, Chromia[4] and Iodame.[5][AI-generated source?] He founded a sanctuary of Athena, where his daughter Iodame served as priestess. Itonis and Itonia, surnames of Athena, were believed to have been derived from his name.[6] In some versions of Athena's parentage, king Itonus is the father of the goddess.[7][AI-generated source?] According to Graves, the myth of Itonus represents a claim by the Itonians that they worshipped Athene even before the Athenians did and his name shows that she had a willow cult in Phthiotis — like that of her counterpart, the goddess Anatha, at Jerusalem until Jehovah's priests ousted her and claimed the rain—making willow as his tree at the Feast of Tabernacles.[8]
- Itonus, also the name of the son of another Boeotus (the son of Poseidon). He was the father of Electryon, Hippalcimus, Archilycus (Areilycus) and Alegenor; his grandsons were the Trojan War heroes Leitus, Peneleos, Prothoenor, Arcesilaus and Clonius.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 47. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ↑ Pausanias, 5.1.4 & 9.1.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1206 citing the historian Lycus as the authority
- ↑ Pausanias, 9.1.1; Scholia ad Homer, Iliad B, 494, p. 80, 43 ed. Bekk. as cited in Hellanicus' Boeotica
- ↑ Pausanias, 5.1.4
- ↑ Tzetzes on Lycophron, 1206 (Gk text) with the historian Lycus as the authority
- ↑ Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.721
- ↑ Pausanias, 9.34.1–2; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, 355 citing Simonides the genealogist as the authority; Etymologicum Magnum 479.47 under Itonis
- ↑ Graves, Robert (2017). The Greek Myths - The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. p. 45. ISBN 9780241983386.
- ↑ Diodorus Siculus, 4.67.7
References
[edit]- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888-1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths, Harmondsworth, London, England, Penguin Books, 1960. ISBN 978-0143106715
- Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition. Penguin Books Limited. 2017. ISBN 978-0-241-98338-6, 024198338X
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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