Cometes

For the genus of plants, see Cometes (plant)

In Greek mythology, Cometes (Ancient Greek: Κομήτης) may refer to the following figures:

• Cometes, son of Thestius and brother of Prothous and Althaea.^[1]
• Cometes, the
  Asterius, one of the Argonauts.^[2] His wife could be Antigona, daughter of Pheres, who was called mother of the said hero.^[3]
• Cometes_, one of the Lapiths attending Pirithous' wedding. He was killed by Charaxus, his friend, accidentally.^[4]
• Cometes, was the lover of Aegialia, wife of Diomedes, when the latter was fighting at Troy. Cometes was son of Sthenelus, son of Capaneus, son of Hipponous.^[5]
• Cometes, was the first among the sons of Tisamenus to sail to Asia. It was under the reign of Tisamenus, son of Orestes, that the Heracleidae returned to the Peloponnesus.^[6]

Notes

References

• 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.
• 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.
• ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
• Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website
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• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

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