Bias (mythology)
In
Latin
: Biantes) may refer to the following characters:
- Bias, a Peloponnesus.[3]
- Bias, son of Amythaon and brother of Melampus.[4]
- Bias, son of Melampus and Iphianira thus a nephew of the earlier Bias.[5] But his name has been proposed to read "Abas", another son of Melampus.[6]
- Bias, one of the Epigoni and son of Parthenopaeus, one of the Seven Against Thebes.[7]
- Bias, a Trojan prince as one of the sons of King Priam of Troy by other women.[8] He was the father of two Trojan warriors, Laogonus and Dardanus.[9]
- Bias, an Athenian soldier who supported Menestheus against the attacks of Hector.[10]
- Bias, a Pylian soldier who fought under their leader Nestor during the Trojan War.[11]
- Bias, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers.[12] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the aid of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[13]
See also
- Naming citation for Jovian asteroid 38050 Bias
Notes
- ^ Pausanias, 1.39.6
- ^ Eustathius on Homer, p. 1473; Scholia on Apollonius, 1.747
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.15.5
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.9.10–11 & 2.2.2
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.68.5
- ^ Apollonius, 1.142; Apollodorus, 1.9; Pausanias, 1.4e
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 71
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.12.5; Hyginus, Fabulae 90
- ^ Homer, Iliad 20.460
- ^ Homer, Iliad 13.691
- ^ Homer, Iliad 4.295
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
- ^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33
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.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- 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.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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.
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