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List of Kings of Lydia

Manes of Lydia

Atys of Lydia

Tyllus

Halie

Lydus

Tyrrhenus

Genealogy

The genealogy of _____ is as follows:

Genealogy of _____
Zeus Gaia Oceanus Tethys Manes Callirrhoe Tyllus Choraeus Cotys Halie Callithea Atys Asies Sardo Tyrrhenus Lydus

(This is according primarily to the version given by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, secondarily to that given by Herodotus.)

Sources

Primary

(See Grimal (Manes); (Tyrrhenus); (Sardo); (Callirhoe); (Lydus); for more) (cite specific place within herodotus 1.94; change dionysius to bill thayer rather than topostext)

• Herodotus, Histories 1.94, 1.7.3, 4.45.3, 7.74.1.
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.27.1-1.28.2.
• Strabo, Geography 5.2.2.
• Tacitus, Annals 4.55.
• Xanthus: Lydiaca. (See dionysius of halicarnassus 1.28.2)

Secondary

• Rawlinson, "On the Early Chronology and History of Lydia", in the 1893 book The History of Herodotus, pp. 284-293.
• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography: "Lydia"
• Grimal, s.v. Manes, s.v. Lydus, s.v. Callirhoe, s.v. Sardo, s.v. Tyrrhenus
• Smith, s.v. Atys.
• Tripp, s.v. Tyrrhenians.
• Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Atys, s.v. Tyrrhenus, s.v. Lydus.
• Oxford Classical Dictionary, s.v. Tyrrhenus.

(other Herodotus translations/commentaries - see Herodotus' page) LSJ?

Bibliography

• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996. ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1.
• Strabo, Geography, Editors, H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A., London. George Bell & Sons. 1903. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Tripp, Edward, Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology, Thomas Y. Crowell Co; First edition (June 1970). ISBN 069022608X.

Tyllus

In Greek mythology, Tyllus is an Autochthon of Lydia. He was the father of Halie, who married Cotys, an early king of Lydia (perhaps one of the Maeoniae). Tyllus is attested by only one author: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in his Roman Antiquities. However, the same family tree of the early Kings of Lydia can be in Herodotus and Xanthus.

The term autochthon is an Ancient Greek word which translates as someone that "sprung from the earth itself". It refers to the indigenous people of a region or area. This means that Tyllus is a native of Lydia (modern day Western Turkey) of the late 2nd millennium BC.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Family tree of Tyllus, according to Dionysius of Halicarnassus.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, in the first Book of his Roman Antiquities, makes Manes the son of Zeus and Gaia. He also puts Callithea as the mother of Atys.

This version given by Dionysius of Halicarnassus differs to that of Herodotus in that it makes Atys the grandson of Manes, rather than his son. This could have been because Herodotus's genealogy was not the full one, and this discrepancy was a mistake or alteration upon his part.

Herodotus

According to Herodotus in the first chapter of the Histories, Tyllus was the father of Halie, who married Cotys, a son of Manes, an early king of Lydia. The children of Halie and Cotys (the grandchildren of Tyllus) were Atys and Asies, after whom the Lydians claim the continent of Asia was named. Atys, after his father died, became king of Lydia. Atys had two sons, Lydus and Tyrrhenus, after whom, according to the Greeks, the Lydian people and the Tyrrhenians (the Etruscans) were named, respectively.

Herodotus then contradicts himself later on when he says "Asies, the son of Cotys, who was the son of Manes..."

Other Authors

Atys was claimed by Strabo and to have been a descendant of Heracles and Omphale.

See also

• Kings of Lydia

Halie

• Halie, daughter of Tyllus, an autochthon. She married Cotys, son of Manes, an early king of Lydia, bearing him two sons, Asies and Atys, who succeeded Manes as king of Lydia.

List of kings of Lydia

Maeoniae

The earliest Maeonian or Lydian king mentioned by Herodotus is Manes who was the father of Atys. There was a severe famine during the reign of Atys and half of the citizens, led by Atys' son Tyrrhenus, emigrated to Italy as the Tyrrhenians. Other sources, such as Strabo, name Tmolus and his son Tantalus as kings of the region about the same time, supposedly ruling from the land about Mount Sipylus, but it is asserted that these two were the same people as Manes and Atys, especially as Omphale is a member of both families. Dionysius of Halicarnassus instead puts Cotys as the son of Manes, and as the father of Atys.

The known legendary kings are:

• Manes
• Atys, son of Manes
• Lydus, son of Atys
• Iardanus

Herodotus says that Lydus gave his name to the country and its people. The line of Lydus continued through an unstated number of generations until they, as Herodotus says, "turned over the management of affairs to the Heraclids". He adds that the Heraclids in Lydia were the descendants of Heracles and a slave-girl belonging to Iardanus; the line was from Heracles through Alcaeus, Belus and Ninus to Agron who was the first Heraclid king of Lydia.

Atys of Lydia

This page is about the legendary king of Lydia. For other uses, see Atys.

Atys (Ancient Greek: Ἄτυς) is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus to have been an early king of Lydia, then probably known as Maeonia. He was the son of Manes and the father of Lydus, after whom the Lydian people were later named.

Herodotus recounts that Maeonia was beset by severe famine during Atys' reign. To help them endure hunger, the Maeonians developed various expedients including dice, knucklebones and ball games. The idea was that they would eat every other day only. On the interim days when they fasted, they would play games all day to distract their minds from hunger. Herodotus says they lived like that for eighteen years. Eventually, Atys decided to halve the population, one half to remain in Maeonia and the other half to leave and found a colony elsewhere. Lots were drawn and Atys appointed himself to stay while one of his sons, Tyrrhenus, led the colonists to Umbria where they settled and became known as Tyrrhenians.

The native Greco-Lydian historian Xanthus, who wrote in Ionian Greek slightly after Herodotus on the history of Lydia known as Lydiaca (Λυδιακά), though his work survives only in fragments, also affirmed that King Atys was father to two sons, Lydus and Torubus, who he says parted company, splitting the Maeonian nation into two, Lydians and "Torubians".

Atys was claimed by Strabo and to have been a descendant of Heracles and Omphale.

See also

• List of kings of Lydia

References

• Herodotus (1975) [first published 1954]. Burn, A. R.; de Sélincourt, Aubrey (eds.). The Histories. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051260-8.
• Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.
• Strabo, Geography, Editors, H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A., London. George Bell & Sons. 1903. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library

Lydus

This page is about the legendary king of Lydia. For other uses, see Lydus (disambiguation).

Lydus (Ancient Greek: Λυδός) is a legendary figure of the 2nd millennium BC who is attested by Herodotus to have been an early king of Lydia, then probably known as Maeonia. He was the son of Atys and the grandson of Manes. Traditionally, the country of Lydia and its people were afterwards named after Lydus.

See also

• List of kings of Lydia

References

• Herodotus (1975) [first published 1954]. Burn, A. R.; de Sélincourt, Aubrey (eds.). The Histories. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-051260-8.
• Herodotus, The Histories with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920. ISBN 0-674-99133-8. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Greek text available at Perseus Digital Library.