Lapithes (son of Apollo)
Lapithes ( Greek Λαπίθης ) is a son of Apollo and Stilbe in Greek mythology . He is the mythical ancestor of the Lapiths and founder of the city of Lapithe .
According to Hesychios of Alexandria his father is Ares , according to Stephanos of Byzantium he is the son of Periphas , with Diodorus also the son of Aiolus , which is why he can probably be identified with Lapithes , son of Aiolus.
With Orsinome , the daughter of Eurynomos , he fathered Phorbas and the Periphas, who is named by Stephanos of Byzantium as his father. He also appears as the father of Triopas and Lesbos .
swell
- Diodor Libraries 4.37; 4.69; 5.58; 5.61; 5.81
- Scholion to Apollonios of Rhodes Argonautica 1.40
- Scholion to Homer Iliad 1,266; 12,128
literature
- Roscher: Lapithen (individual names No. 40), Lapithes 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, Sp. 1851-1866 ( digitized version ).
- Hans von Geisau : Lapithes 1. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume IX, Stuttgart 1962, Col. 384 f.