Azan (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Azan[pronunciation?] (Greek: Ἀζᾶν) was the son of Arcas and the Dryad Erato, brother of Apheidas, Elatus and Hyperippe. Azania in Arcadia was named after him.[1] He married Hippolyte, daughter of Dexamenus,[2] and had a son Cleitor. When Azan died, the first funeral games in history were held in his honor.[3] It was at these games that Aetolus accidentally killed Apis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 2–3
  2. ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 4. 33. 1
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8. 4. 5
  4. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 5. 1. 8


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