Thyreus

This article explains a figure in Greek mythology; for the bee genus also mentioned, see spotted bees .

Thyreus ( Greek  Θυρεύς ) is one of the seven children of Althaia and Oineus in Greek mythology .

His siblings are Toxeus , Gorge , Klymenos , Meleagros , Perimede and Deianeira .

The genus of the spotted bees ( Thyreus ) from the Apidae family is named after this mythological figure.

literature

• Otto Höfer : Thyreus . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 5, Leipzig 1924, Col. 929 f. ( Digitized version ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Libraries of Apollodorus 1, 8, 1.