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In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Eleuther''' may refer to: |
In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Eleuther''' (Ἑλευθήρ) may refer to: |
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*'''Eleuther''', son of [[Apollo]] and [[Aethusa]].<ref>Pseudo-[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3. 10. 1</ref> He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the [[Pythian games]],<ref>[[Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 10. 7. 3</ref> and for having been the first to erect a statue of [[Dionysus]],<ref name="Hyginus, Fabulae, 225">[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 225</ref> as well as for having given his name to [[Eleutherae]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s. v. ''Eleutherai''</ref> His sons were [[Iasius]]<ref>[[Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 9. 20. 1</ref> and [[Pierus]].<ref name="Hyginus, Fabulae, 225" /> He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black [[aegis]], and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an [[oracle]], established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis".<ref>[[Suda]] s. v. ''melanaigida Dionyson''</ref> |
*'''Eleuther''', son of [[Apollo]] and [[Aethusa]].<ref>Pseudo-[[Apollodorus of Athens|Apollodorus]], ''[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Bibliotheca]]'' 3. 10. 1</ref> He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the [[Pythian games]],<ref>[[Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 10. 7. 3</ref> and for having been the first to erect a statue of [[Dionysus]],<ref name="Hyginus, Fabulae, 225">[[Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'', 225</ref> as well as for having given his name to [[Eleutherae]].<ref>[[Stephanus of Byzantium]] s. v. ''Eleutherai''</ref> His sons were [[Iasius]]<ref>[[Pausanias]], ''Description of Greece'', 9. 20. 1</ref> and [[Pierus]].<ref name="Hyginus, Fabulae, 225" /> He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black [[aegis]], and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an [[oracle]], established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis".<ref>[[Suda]] s. v. ''melanaigida Dionyson''</ref> |
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In Greek mythology, the name Eleuther (Ἑλευθήρ) may refer to:
- Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa.[1] He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games,[2] and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus,[3] as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae.[4] His sons were Iasius[5] and Pierus.[3] He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis".[6]
- Eleuther, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia.[7]
- Eleuther, one of the Curetes, was said to have been the eponym of the towns Eleutherae and Eleuthernae in Crete.[8]
References
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 10. 1
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10. 7. 3
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae, 225
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium s. v. Eleutherai
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 20. 1
- ^ Suda s. v. melanaigida Dionyson
- ^ Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, 39
- ^ Stephanus of Byzantium, s. v. Eleutherai, Eleuthernai
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