Paionaios

Paionaios ( ancient Greek Παιωναῖος ) is one of the Idaean dactyls in Greek mythology .

According to Pausanias , Rhea entrusts the newborn Zeus to the five dactyls from the Cretan Ida Mountains so that they can protect him from his father Kronos . He identified the dactyls with the curetes . In the Zeus sanctuary Olympia each of the Idean dactyls had its own altar.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Paionaios . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1253 ( digitized version ).
• Edwin Müller-Graupa: Paionaios. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XVIII, 2, Stuttgart 1942, Col. 2403.

proof

1. ^ Pausanias 5: 7, 6.
2. ^ Pausanias 5:14 , 7.