Lampetia
Lampetia or Lampetie ( Greek Λαμπετίη , the shining one ) is in Greek mythology the daughter of the sun god Helios and Neaira and one of the Heliads . Her sister is Phaethusa , half or full siblings, depending on tradition, are Aigle and Phaethon . In this case, Rhode was her mother.
Together with her sister Phaethusa, she tended her father's six sheep and seven herds of cattle, each with 50 animals, on the island of Thrinakia (according to some researchers, today's Sicily).
It gained importance in the Odyssey because, after a member of Odysseus 'team , contrary to clear instructions, which the team took with oath, slaughtered several of Helios' animals, she reported this to her father. This moved Zeus to destroy the ship of Odysseus, which led to the death of the entire crew. Odysseus had previously been warned of this fate by Kirke .
Considered the sister of Phaethon, like her sisters she is one of the Heliads and after Phaethon's death she was transformed into poplars, weeping amber tears.
Following another line of tradition, Lampetia was also the lover of the Greek god of healing Asklepios and with him fathered Machaon and Podaleirios , Iaso , Aigle and Panakeia . Also Ianiskos and Alexenor are called as sons of this connection.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Lampetia . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 1822 ( digitized version ).
- Hans von Geisau : Lampetie. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 471.