Philomelos (son of Iasion)
Philomelos (Greek: Φιλόμηλος, Latinized Philomelus ) is a figure from Greek mythology .
The name Philomelos is made up of the two components Φιλος (philos = friend) and μηλος (melos = apple, fruit) and can therefore be translated as friend of the fruits .
Philomelos considered as son of Demeter and Iasion although Hesiod in his Theogony only by Pluto's told as a result of this connection. Hyginus reports of twins:
After a love affair between Demeter and the mortal Iasion, she gave birth to the twins Plutus and Philomelos. While Plutos grew rich, Philomelus had to be content with a poor peasant life. He bought two oxen and invented the plow , so Philomelus could live on the fruits of his labor. Impressed by this invention, Demeter immortalized him as the constellation Bootes (German: who plows with bulls ) near the Great Bear , in the starry sky.
According to Hyginus, Philomelus had a son Pareas, after whom the city of Parion in Mysia is said to have been named.
swell
- Hesiod Theogony 969f.
- Hyginus De astronomia 2, 4 ( English translation )
literature
- Carsten Binder: Philomelos 1. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 9, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01479-7 , Sp. 845.
Web links
- Philomelos on Theoi.com