Onchestus (mythology)

Onchestus ( Greek Ογχηστός ) was the son of Poseidon in Greek mythology or, as Boiotos' son, his grandson. According to Plutarch , he was the father of Megareus and the Abrote . Also Plataieus is named as his son. He was considered the founder ( Ktistes ) of the city of Onchestus in Boeotia .

literature

• Otto Höfer : Onchestus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, Col. 899 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pausanias , Journeys in Greece 9.26.5; Stephen of Byzantium sv Κῶπαι .
2. ↑ Scholion to Homer , Iliad 2,506; Hesiod , fragment 219 in Eustathios , commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem 270.14.
3. ^ Plutarch, quaestiones Graecae 16.
4. ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Κῶπαι .
5. ^ Pausanias, Travels in Greece 9.26.5.