Leos (eponym)

Leos ( Greek Λεώς ), son of Orpheus and father of Kylanthos , is a figure in Greek mythology .

In order to end a famine in Athens , he gave his three virgin daughters Theope , Eubule and Phasithea (also known as Phrasithea or Praxithea ) for sacrifice on the instructions of the Delphic Oracle .

In honor of these Leoids , the inhabitants of the city later built the sanctuary of Leokorion in the Demos Kerameikos . Leos became the eponym of the Phyle Leontis .

The mythical tale is strongly reminiscent of the story of Erechtheus , who sacrificed his daughter Praxithea to save Athens from the siege of Eumolpos , whereupon her two sisters also committed suicide.

literature

Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Leos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, Col. 1946 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

^ Claudius Aelianus Varia Historia 12:28.
↑ Pausanias 1,5,1 and 10,10,1.
↑ Otto Jessen : Praxithea 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2930 f. ( Digitized version ).

[1] Claudius Aelianus Varia Historia 12:28.

[2] Pausanias 1,5,1 and 10,10,1.

[3] Otto Jessen : Praxithea 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 2930 f. ( Digitized version ).