Alcathous
Alcathous (/ælˈkæθoʊəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκάθοος) was the name of several people in Greek mythology:
- Alcathous, a
- Alcathous, possible son of Agrius who together with his brother Lycopeus, died at the hands of his cousin, Tydeus who went then into exile to Argos.[3]
- Alcathous, son of Pelops, who killed the Cithaeronian lion.[4]
- Alcathous, one of the guardians of Thebes. He was killed by Amphiaraus during the war of the Seven against Thebes.[5]
- Alcathous, a Trojan soldier in the company of
- Alcathous, another Trojan warrior, killed by Achilles in the Trojan War.[9]
- Alcathous, one of the companions of Aeneas. He was killed by Caedicus, one of the warriors of Turnus.[10]
- Alcathous, another, otherwise unknown personage of this name is mentioned by Virgil.
See also
Notes
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.7.10 & 1.8.5
- ^ Pausanias, 6.20.17 & 6.21.10
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.65.2
- ^ Smith, William (1867). "Alcathous (1)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. pp. 97–98. Archived from the original on 2007-09-07.
- ^ Statius, Thebaid 7.718
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iliad 13.429
- ^ Hesychius of Alexandria s. v
- ^ Homer, Iliad 12.93 & 13.427 ff.
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 3.158
- ^ Virgil, Aeneid 10.747
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. .
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.