Crommyonian Sow
The Crommyonian Sow (
. It was owned by a woman named Phaea (Φαιά Phaiā́, "grey") and was sometimes called by that name itself.Mythology
The Crommyonian Sow was a
Calydonian Boar.[2] Gaius Julius Hyginus says that the pig Theseus killed at Crommyon was a boar.[3]
Plutarch repeats the story, but states that he had also been told that Phaia herself was a murderous female robber, and was nicknamed "Sow" because of her obese children and uncouth manners, and that she was the "sow" killed by Theseus.
Notes
References
- Pseudo-Apollodorus, 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
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, The Myths of Hyginus. Edited and translated by Mary A. Grant, Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1960.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Phaea"
- Strabo, Geography, Editors, H.C. Hamilton, Esq., W. Falconer, M.A., London. George Bell & Sons. 1903. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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