Parrhasia
Parrhasia ( ancient Greek Παρρασία ) was an ancient landscape in the Peloponnese .
Originally the term referred to the entire south-west Arcadia , later only the western part of the megalopolis level. Among other things, the military leader Xenias came from Parrhasia .
The Parrhasioi were the largest sub-tribe of the Arcadians. They owe their name - and the landscape - to the eponym Parrhasios , a son of Lycaon .
This is where one of the most common genealogical confusions arises, as this Lykaon was a son of Ares . On the other hand, Phylonome is said to have given birth to twins to the god of war, one of whom was also called Parrhasios . The Parrhasic Lykaion Mountains are named after the Arcadian king Lykaon , a son of Pelasgos .
literature
- Ernst Meyer : Parrhasia. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, column 528.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pausanias 8.27.4.
- ↑ Theodor Eisele : Parrhasios 3 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.1, Leipzig 1902, column 1646 f. ( Digitized version ).