Eunostus (Heros)
Eunostus ( ancient Greek Εὔνοστος ) is a hero of Greek mythology from Tanagra .
His myth is only preserved in the writer Plutarch , who lived in the first and second centuries AD . However, this refers to the fifth century BC. Living poet Myrtis , which is why an old Boiotic local myth is assumed.
Eunostus is the son of Elieus and Skias and is raised by the nymph Eunosta , from whom he takes his name. He is beautiful but also demure, which is why he disdains the love of ochna shown to him . The offended Ochna finally accuses Eunostus of having done violence to her brothers Ochemos , Leon and Bukolos . The Ochnas brothers then kill him, which is why his father Elieus has them captured. After Ochna confessed the truth and threw herself off a rock in remorse, they are set free again.
Eunostus had a heroon and a sacred grove in Tanagra , which women were not allowed to enter. When events such as earthquakes or droughts occurred, the first step was to investigate whether a violation of the prohibition was the cause.
literature
- Otto Crusius : Eunostus 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, col. 1405 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Alfred Schiff : Eunostos 2. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VI, 1, Stuttgart 1907, Col. 1136 f.
Remarks
- ^ Myrtis in Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae 40.