Apheidas (King of Tegea)

Apheidas ( Greek Ἀφείδας Apheídas ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

Apheidas was an Arcadian hero and was considered the son of Arkas , the eponym of the Arcadians . According to various legends, his mother was either Leaneira , daughter of Amyklas , or Meganeira (Metaneira), daughter of Krokon , or (according to Eumelos of Corinth ) the nymph Chrysopeleia or (according to Pausanias ) the dryad Erato . Azan and Elatos are listed as brothers of Apheidas . According to a version of the legend, Apheidas is said to have had another brother named Amphidamas , but this one could also be identical to him.

After the death of Arkas, his kingdom was divided among his sons. Apheidas now became ruler of Tegea , while Azan got the landscape of Azania and Elatos the area around the Arcadian mountains Kyllene . The ninth demos of the Tegeates is said to have been named after Apheidas and was therefore called Apheidantes . The children of Apheidas were Aleos and Stheneboia . The Arcadian local historian Araithos states that Ereuthalion was also a son of Apheidas. The Argive ore caster Antiphanes made a statue of Apheidas, which was erected in Delphi .

literature

Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher : Apheidas 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 389 ( digitized version ).
Johannes Toepffer : Apheidas 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2713 f.

Remarks

↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 9, 1, 1; Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 4, 2; 8, 35, 1; 10, 9, 5; Tzetzes and Scholion zu Lykophron, Alexandra 480.
↑ Scholion and Eustathios to Homer , Iliad 2, 603.
↑ Apollonios of Rhodos , Argonautika 1 162 with Scholien; Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 4, 3.
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 45, 1
↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 8: 4, 4; 8, 4, 8; 8, 23, 1; Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 9, 1, 1.
↑ Araithos in Scholion to Homer, Iliad 4, 319.
↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece 10, 9, 5 f.

[1] Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 9, 1, 1; Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 4, 2; 8, 35, 1; 10, 9, 5; Tzetzes and Scholion zu Lykophron, Alexandra 480.

[2] Scholion and Eustathios to Homer , Iliad 2, 603.

[3] Apollonios of Rhodos , Argonautika 1 162 with Scholien; Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 4, 3.

[4] Pausanias, Description of Greece 8, 45, 1

[5] Pausanias, Description of Greece 8: 4, 4; 8, 4, 8; 8, 23, 1; Libraries of Apollodorus 3, 9, 1, 1.

[6] Araithos in Scholion to Homer, Iliad 4, 319.

[7] Pausanias, Description of Greece 10, 9, 5 f.