Protogeneia (daughter of Deucalion)
Protogeneia ( Greek Πρωτογένεια Prōtogéneia , "the firstborn") is the oldest daughter of Pyrrha and Deucalion and thus the first man-made woman in Greek mythology .
After Pyrrha and Deucalion landed on the Othrys in Thessaly after the Deucalionic Flood , Protogeneia grew up in Kynos . From Zeus she is the mother of Aethlios , who becomes the first king of Elis .
At Pindar, Pyrrha and Deucalion land on Parnassus and descend from the mountains near the Thessalian city of Opus , where they create the first people by throwing stones on the earth. The resulting people are the children of the earth goddess Gaia and the stones from the city. Opus is called "City of Protogeneia" by Pindar. Zeus robs and impregnates Protogeneia and brings it to Lokros . There she gives birth to a son and names him Opus after her father . However, this representation overlaps with the legend of Kabye .
literature
- Johannes Ilberg: Protogeneia 1 & 2 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 3.2, Leipzig 1909, column 3182 ( digitized version ).
proof
- ↑ Scholion to Pindar's Olympia 9, 84.
- ↑ Strabon 9, 425.
- ^ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 7, 2.
- ^ Pausanias 5, 1, 3.
- ↑ Pindar Olympia 9, 51 f.
- ↑ Pindar Olympien 9, 85 ff.
- ^ William Abbott Oldfather : Kabye. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 2, Stuttgart 1919, Col. 1453-1455.