Alector
Alector (/əˈlɛktər/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλέκτωρ) refers to more than one person in classical mythology and history:[1]
- Alector, son of Magnes and Meliboea, eponyms of Magnesia and the town of Meliboea respectively.[2]
- Alector, the father of Leitus.[3] Homer calls him "Alectryon",[4] and Diodorus "Electryon", naming him among the sons of Itonus.[5] According to John Tzetzes, Alector was also the father of Clonius, Arcesilaus and Prothoenor (his nephews according to Diodorus) by different mothers: he is said to have fathered Leitus with Polybule, Arcesilaus with Cleobule, Prothoenor with Arteis, and Clonius with Acteis.[6]
- Alector of Elis, son of Epeius, brother of Hyrmine. He was allied with Phorbas of Thessaly. By Phorbas' daughter Diogeneia, he became father of Amarynceus.[7][8]
- Alector, a son of Anaxagoras and father of Iphis, king of Argos.[9][10]
- Alector of Sparta, son of Argeus and Hegesandra, father of Iphiloche (or Echemela), who married Megapenthes, son of Menelaus.[11]
Notes
- ^ Schmitz, Leonhard (1867). "Alector (1) and (2)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. p. 109. Archived from the original on 2007-04-05.
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 338
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1.9.16
- ^ Homer, Iliad 17. 602
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.63.7
- ^ Tzetzes, Allegoriae Iliadis, Prologue 533–536
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica 4.69.2
- ^ Eustathius of Thessalonica on Homer, pp. 303 & 1598
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3.6.2
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.18.4
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 4.10 with scholia
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.
- 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.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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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