Euenos

This article treats Euenus as a person in Greek mythology. For the river of the same name in ancient Greek, see Evinos .

Euenos ( Greek  Εὔηνος or Εὐηνός ) is a river god in Greek mythology . He is the son of the god of war Ares and Demonike . He is the brother of Molos , Thestios and Pylos .

He loses his only daughter Marpessa to Idas in a chariot race . Since he cannot overcome this loss, he throws himself into the river Lykormas (today Evinos, ancient Greek Εὔηνος ).

literature

• Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Euenos 2) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 1399 ( digitized version ).