Thoas (son of Jason)
In Greek mythology, Thoas (Ancient Greek: Θόας, "fleet, swift")[1] was a son of Jason and Hypsipyle, and a grandson of the Lemnian king Thoas, and the twin brother of Euneus.[2] Thoas and Euneus took part in the funeral games of the Nemean king Lycurgus' infant son Opheltes, after which they succeeded in rescuing their mother Hypsipyle from her sevitude.[3]
Euripides' Hypsipyle
Thoas was a character in Euripides' partially preserved play Hypsipyle.[4] Thoas and his brother Euneus, in search of their mother, arrive at the palace of Lycurgus in Nemea,[5] where their mother Hypsipyle is a slave, and the nurse of Lycugus' infant son Opheltes. Hypsipyle, who does not recognize her sons, greets them at the door.[6] After Opheltes, while in the care of Hypsipyle, is killed by a serpent, funeral games are held, in which Thoas and Euneus compete. There is a recognition scene in which Hypsipyle and her sons are reunited, and Thoas and Euneus manage to rescue their mother and they all return to Lemnos.[7]
Notes
- ^ LSJ, s.v. Θόας.
- ^ Grimal, s.v. Thoas 2; Parada, s.v. Thoas 9; Hard, pp. p. 384; Gantz, p. 346; Euripides, Hypsipyle; Palatine Anthology 3.10 [= Greek Anthology 3.10 = Euripides Hypsipyle test. Iv]; Statius, Thebaid 6.340–345. According to Apollodorus 1.9.17, the sons of Jason and Hypsipyle were Euneus and Nebrophonus, while according to Hyginus, Fabulae 15, they were Euneus and Deipylus.
- ^ Parada, s.v. Thoas 9; Hard, p. 318; Grimal, s.v. Thoas 2; Palatine Anthology 3.10 [= Greek Anthology 3.10 = Euripides Hypsipyle test. Iv] (which has the sons make themselves know to Hypsipyle by means of a "golden vine", a family emblem after which they rescue her); Statius, Thebaid 6.340–345, 433–435, 466, 475–476 (which has them compete in the chariot race); Vatican Mythographer, 2.141 [= Euripides Hypsipyle test. Va] (which has them "victorious in the foot-race").
- ^ Collard and Cropp, pp. 251–255; Gantz, pp. 346, 511; Grimal, s.v. Thoas 2; Euripides Hypsipyle test. iiia (Hypothesis) [= P. Oxy. 2455 frs. 14–15, 3652 cols. i and ii.1-15].
- ^ Euripides Hypsipyle test. iiia (Hypothesis), fr. 752c [= 764 Nauck].
- ^ Euripides Hypsipyle fr. 752d.
- ^ Euripides Hypsipyle fr. 759a.
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