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)