Bias (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Bias (/ˈbaɪ.əs/; Ancient Greek: Βίας) may refer to the following characters:
- Bias, son of Lelex, king of Megara[1] and thus, brother to Cleson and Pterelaus.[2][3] He was killed by his nephew Pylas, also a Megarian king. After the murder, Pylas gave the kingdom to the deposed king of Athens, Pandion and later founded the city of Pylos in Peloponnesus.[4]
- Bias, son of Amythaon and brother of Melampus.[5]
- Bias, son of Melampus and Iphianira thus a nephew of the earlier Bias.[6] But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.[7][8][9]
- Bias, one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women. He was the father of Laogonus and Dardanus.[10][11]
- Bias, one of the Suitors of Penelope from Dulichium.[12]
- Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported Menestheusagainst the attacks of Hector.[13]
- Bias, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.[14]
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.39.6
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1473
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 747
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.15.5
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.10-11, 2.2.2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.68.5
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 1.4e
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.142
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.12.5
- ^ Homer, Iliad 20.460
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26 ff & 7.33
- ^ Homer, Iliad 13.691
- ^ Homer, Iliad 4.295
References
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. 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.
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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