Alkyoneus (son of Diomos)
Alkyoneus ( Greek Ἀλκυονεύς ) is a figure in Greek mythology .
According to a legend of metamorphosis handed down by the Greek mythographer Antoninus Liberalis , Alkyoneus , who came from Delphi , was the only son of Diomos and Meganeira . He was fated to be sacrificed to the monster Sybaris , who lived in a large cave on Mount Kirphis near Krisa in southwestern Phocis , because the devastation of the area would only then end, as an oracle proclaimed. Decorated with a wreath, Alkyoneus was led by priests to the cave of the Sybaris, but on the way he met the hero Eurybatos , who, moved by the boy's beauty, decided to save him. Eurybatos therefore allowed himself to be led to the cave in Alkyoneus' place and threw the monster down a rock.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Alkyoneus 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 252 ( digitized version ).
- Konrad Wernicke : Alkyoneus 3) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Sp. 1582.