Azan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Azan[pronunciation?] (Ancient Greek: Ἀζᾶν) may refer to the following personages:
- Azan, king of Azania in Arcadia and the son of King Arcas and the Dryad Erato,[1] brother of Apheidas, Elatus and Hyperippe. Azan was the father of Cleitor and Coronis, mother of Asclepius by Apollo.[2] When Azan and his brothers grew up, their father Arcas divided the land between them into three parts: Azan received the district which was named after him, to Apheidas fell Tegea and Elatus got Mount Cyllene, which down to that time had received no name.[3] When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[4] It was at these games that Aetolus accidentally killed Apis.[5] Azan's heir to the throne was his son Cleitor but he was childless, thus succeeded by Aepytus, son of Elatus.[6]
- Azan, husband of Hippolyte, daughter of Dexamenus, who was threatened with violence by the Centaur Eurytion.[7]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.2
- ^ Homeric Hymn to Apollo, 3.209
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.3 - 4
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.5
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 5.1.8
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.4.7
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.33.1
References
- 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.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Homeric Hymns. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.