Emathion (son of Tithonus)

Emathion ( Greek  Ἠμαθίων ) is a figure in Greek mythology .

Emathion is the son of Eos and Tithonus and brother of Memnon , with Diodorus he is the king of Ethiopia , in the library of Apollodorus of Arabia. Quintus of Smyrna names him as the husband of the Pedasis and father of Atymnios . He is killed by Heracles while he was on his way to get the apples for the Hesperides .

literature

• August Schultz : Emathion 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1242 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Emathion in the Greek Myth Index (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hesiod , Theogony 984.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Diodorus 4, 27.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Libraries of Apollodorus 2, 5, 11.
4. ^ Quintus of Smyrna 3, 800.