Skias (mythology)
Skias ( ancient Greek Σκιάς ) is a person from Greek mythology .
She is the wife of Elieus , her son is Eunostus , who was venerated as a hero in Tanagra . When Eunostus rejects Ochna's love , she accuses Eunostus of having done violence to her brothers Ochemus , Leon and Bukolus . The brothers then kill him, which is why Elieus has them captured. After Ochna confessed the truth and threw herself off a rock out of remorse, Elieus releases her.
literature
- Otto Höfer : Skias . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 4, Leipzig 1915, column 992 f. ( Digitized version ).