Aisakos
Aisakos ( Greek Αἴσακος ) is in Greek mythology the son of the Trojan king Priam and the nymph Alexirrhoë , the daughter of the river god Granikos - or Arisbe , a daughter of the seer Merops Perkosios .
In the case of the latter descent, he learned the art of dream interpretation from his grandfather - although he is mentioned here by v. a. because of his love for the nymph Hesperia : When he saw her washing her hair on the kebren , he fell "immortally" in love with her - or even tried to chase her. She fled and was bitten by a snake while trying to escape. When she died, Aisakos tried to commit suicide several times by jumping off a cliff into the sea. The wife of Oceanus , the Titan Tethys , finally took pity on him and turned him into a diving bird .
literature
- Georg Knaack : Aisakos (1) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 1046 f.
- Roscher: Aisakos (1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 196 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Aisakos in the Greek Myth Index (English)