Azan (mythology)

Azan ( Greek Ἀζάν Azán ), son of Arkas and the nymph Erato , is a figure in Greek mythology .

He received the third part of Arcadia , named it Azania after himself and became the progenitor of the Azans . His son Kleitor later founded the capital of the region.

Azan was married to Hippolyte , daughter of King Dexamenus of Olenus . At the wedding the jealous Eurytion became intrusive; Fortunately for the bridegroom, Heracles was present as a guest and slew the centaur.

After Azan's death - for the first time - funeral games were held for him . Apis was killed in a chariot race there .

literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Azan . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 742 ( digitized version ).
Hiller von Gaertringen : Azan. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2638 f.

Individual evidence

^ Paul Weizsäcker : Dexamenos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 999 ( digitized version ).
↑ Diodorus , 4, 33.

[1] Paul Weizsäcker : Dexamenos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 999 ( digitized version ).

[2] Diodorus , 4, 33.