Thespios
Thespios ( Greek Θέσπιος Théspios , Latin Thespius ) is a figure in Greek mythology . He was the son of the Athenian king Erechtheus and Praxithea ; his siblings were Kekrops , Orneus , Metion , Sikyon , Pandoros , Alkon , Eupalamos , Prokris , Krëusa , Oreithyia , Chthonia , Protogeneia , Pandora and Merope .
He became king of Thespiai, neighboring Thebes, in Boeotia (not to be confused with Thespis from Ikaria ).
From Thespios' marriage to Megamede , the daughter of Arneus, 50 daughters, the Thespiads ( Θεσπιάδες ), emerged. According to other sources, Thespios had these daughters from several wives. He wanted the Thespiads to have children from the hero Heracles . On Thespios's order, he killed a lion that was beating cattle on Mount Kithairon . The devious king promised him a night with each of his 50 daughters, each of whom gave birth to a son. According to another tradition, the hero slept with them one night; however, a daughter, who later became a virgin priestess in a temple of Heracles, refused, while another gave birth to twins. 40 sons went to Sardinia under the leadership of Iolaos , where they settled the Joleum region.
The names of the daughters and their Heraclean sons were:
Thespiade | son | |
---|---|---|
1 | Aglaia | Antiades |
2 | Aischreis | Leukones |
3 | Anthea | Eurypylos |
4th | Anthippe | Menippides |
5 | Antimache | Buleus |
6th | Antiope | Atidos |
7th | Archedike | Dynastes |
8th | Argele | Nikodromos |
9 | Asybia | Alopios |
10 | Atroma (?) | Keleustanor |
11 | Chryseis | Oreias |
12 | Eleuchea (Terpsicratea?) | Euryops |
13 | Eone | mentor |
14th | Epilais | Astyanax |
15th | Erasippe | Lykurgos |
16 | Erato | Asopides |
17th | Euboia | Olympos |
18th | Eubote | Eurypylos |
19th | Eurybia | Polylaos |
20th | Euryke | Pylos |
21st | Exoles | Cleolaus |
22nd | Halocrats | Lynkeus |
23 | Helicones | Olympuses |
24 | Hesychea | Phalias |
25th | Hippodrome | Teleutagoras |
26th | Hippocrates | Hippozygos |
27 | Klytippa | Eurykapes |
28 | Krathe | Jobes |
29 | Lanomene | Teles |
30th | Laothoe | Iphis (Alopios?) |
31 | Leukippe | Euryteles |
32 | Lysis | Eumedas et al. Creon (?) |
33 | Lysidike | Entredides |
34 | Marse | Bucolos |
35 | Meline | Laomedon |
36 | Metis | Kales |
37 | Nike | Olympos |
38 | Nikippe | Patroclus |
39 | Panope | Thrisippas |
40 | Patro | Archemachos |
41 | Phyleis | Tigasis |
42 | Praxithea | Lysippus |
43 | Procris | Antileon and Hippeus |
44 | Pyrippe | Nephos |
45 | Stratonike | Homolypos |
46 | Terpsic rate | Oestrebeles |
47 | Toxic rate | Lykios |
48 | Typhise | Amestrios |
49 | Xanthis | Eurythras |
literature
- Hans von Geisau : Thespiades 2). In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 755.
- Otto Höfer : Thespios . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 770-775 ( digitized version ).
- Richard Engelmann : Erechtheus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 1296-1300 ( digitized version ).