Euneus (son of Jason)

Euneos ( Greek  Εὔνηος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Jason and Hypsipyle , the queen of Lemnos . His twin brother is Deipylos .

They were separated from their mother, who was banished from Lemnos because she had spared her father Thoas . Together with his brother, he found his mother in Nemea and won the stadium run at the Nemean Games .

Euneos later became king of Lemnos. According to Homer , he provided the Greek fleet with provisions and provisions on the way to Troy . He also as the purchase price of the Trojan priest gave Lykaon the Patroclus a Phoenician silver pitcher as payment.

In Athens there was a guild of musicians called Euneidai ( Εὐνεῖδαι ), who referred to Euneos as their ancestor.

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• Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 15. 274
• Publius Papinius Statius , Thebais 6,464 ff.
• Euripides , Hypsipyle (fragmentary)
• Homer , Iliad 7.465 ff .; 23,746-747
• Hesychios of Alexandria sv Εὐνεῖδαι