Amisodarus

Amisodaros ( Greek  Ἀμισώδαρος or Ἀμισόδαρος ) is a person of Greek mythology .

According to Homer, Amisodarus is king of the Lycians and father of Maris and Atymnios , both of whom are killed by the sons of Nestor in the Trojan War . He raised the monster Chimaira , which is responsible for the death of many people. With Plutarch he is a pirate who is called Isaras (Greek Ἰσάρας ) by the Lycians and comes from the Lycian colony of Zelaia near Troy .

In the Scholion for the Iliad he is exchanged for Iobates and referred to as King of Caria and father of Bellerophon .

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Amisodaros . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 283 ( digitized version ).
• Richard Wagner : Amisodarus . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Sp. 1838.

Remarks

1. ↑ Homer Iliad 16, 317-329.
2. ^ Plutarch, De mulierum virtutibus 9.
3. ↑ Scholion for Iliad 6, 170; 16, 328.