Penthilus (son of Orestes)
Penthilos ( Greek Πένθιλος ) is in Greek mythology the son of Orestes with Erigone , daughter of Aigisthus . After Orestes' death, according to Velleius Paterculus , he and his half-brother Teisamenos ruled Sparta and Argos for three years .
His sons are Damasios or Echelaos . Aioli colonies were founded by him and his descendants on Lesbos and in Asia Minor , especially the Aiolis . The city of Penthile was specifically named after Penthilos. In Mytilene the Penthiliden established a unique rule of Megakles has been eliminated. During the oligarchic turmoil in Mytilene at the end of the 7th century BC. BC, in which Alcaios of Lesbos was involved, tried a second Penthilus to usurp the rule, but was overthrown by a Smerdis .
literature
- O. Höfer: Penthilos 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, Col. 1943 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hans von Geisau : Penthilos. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 620.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pausanias 2:18 , 6; see. Library of Apollodor Epithome 6, 28.
- ↑ Velleius Paterculus 1, 1, 4; see. also Eusebius of Caesarea , Chronicles 1, 180, who also counts Penthilus among the Argive kings; according to Pausanias 2, 18, 6 Teisamenos alone took over the rule.
- ↑ Pausanias 5, 4, 3 and 7, 6, 2.
- ↑ Plutarch , The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men 20; Echelas at Pausanias 3, 2, 1 and Archelaos at Strabo 13, 582.
- ↑ Strabon 9, 402; 10, 447; 13, 582; Pausanias 2, 8, 16; 3, 2, 1; 5, 4, 3; 9, 2, 3 and 9, 2, 5.
- ↑ Stephanos of Byzantium sv Penthile .
- ↑ Aristotle , Politeia 5, 10, 1311b; see also Eduard Meyer : History of antiquity . Volume 3. Darmstadt 1965, p. 587 online .