Grass (mythology)

Gras ( Greek  Γρᾷς ) is in Greek mythology a son of Echelaos , son of Penthilos . His mother is unknown.

Like his grandfather and father, he is associated in Greek mythology with the settlement of the island of Lesbos and the opposite mainland in Asia Minor . The landscape between Ionia and Mysia , later called the Aiolis , is said to have been settled by him.

literature

• August Schultz : grass . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,2, Leipzig 1890, Sp. 1741 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pausanias 3, 2, 1, who names the father of Gras and son of Penthilus Echelas there .
2. ↑ Pausanias 3, 2, 1.