Periklymenus (son of Neleus)
Periklymenos ( Greek Περικλύμενος ) is in Greek mythology the eldest son of Neleus , king of Pylos , and Chloris , daughter of Amphion , king of Orchomenos . He is a brother of Nestor , Chromios and Pero . His son was either Penthilus or Erginos .
Periklymenus was a participant in the Argonautical voyage, famous for his bravery . His grandfather Poseidon gave him the ability, as a shape- shifter, to take on the shape of any animal or tree. When Heracles fights against Pylos, Periclymenus takes on the form of a bee to attack Heracles, after he had previously shown himself in the form of a lion and a serpent. However, on the instructions of Athenas , he is killed by Heracles. In the Metamorphoses, Ovid has his brother Nestor report on how Periklymenus last assumed the shape of an eagle , Zeus ' heraldic animal , who was wounded in flight by an arrow shot by Heracles on the right wing and fatally struck the arrow through his left armpit when he fell . According to another tradition, he can escape as an eagle.
literature
- Heinrich Lewy : Periklymenos 4 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 1968 ( digitized version ).
- Hans von Geisau : Periklymenos 3rd In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, Col. 636 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homer , Odyssey 11, 281-287; Diodorus 4.68; Hyginus Mythographus , Fabulae 14; Library of Apollodor 1, 9, 9, who lists Tauros, Asterios, Pylaon, Deimachos, Eurybios, Epilaos, Phrasios, Eurymenes, Euagoras as other brothers.
- ↑ Pausanias 2,18,8.
- ↑ a b Hyginus Mythographus, Fabulae 10, probably a mix-up with Erigone , mother of Orestes son Penthilos .
- ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes , Argonautica 1,157-159; Library of Apollodorus 2,7,3; Gaius Valerius Flaccus , Argonautica 1,388 ff.
- ↑ Apollonios of Rhodes, Argonautica 1,157-159; Library of Apollodorus 1,9,9; Ovid , Metamorphoses 12,556-572.
- ↑ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12,565-572.