Areion

Areion ( Greek  Ἀρείων ; also Arion ) is a wonder horse from Greek mythology .

It emerged from a connection between Poseidon and Demeter . Poseidon had persecuted Demeter, who was mourning her daughter Persephone . Demeter turned into a mare and hid in a herd of King Onkios , but Poseidon turned into a stallion and so conquered her.

Arion was very quick and could speak. It belonged first to Onkios and then to Heracles . Later Arion was given to Adrastus , the king of Argos , so that he could save himself from the defeat of the Seven against Thebes .

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• Pausania's description of Greece 8.25.5

literature

• I. Krauskopf:  Areion . In: Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae (LIMC). Volume II, Zurich / Munich 1984, pp. 477-479.
• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Areion 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1, Leipzig 1, Sp. 475-477 ( [1 digitized version ] ).
• Karl Tümpel : Areion . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 621-623.