Electryone
In Greek mythology, Electryone (Ancient Greek: Ἠλεκτρυώνην) or Alectrona (Doric form) was a daughter of Helios and Rhodos, and sister to the Heliadae.[1] She died a virgin and was worshipped as a heroine on the island of Rhodes.[2]
She was possibly a
rooster"), while the Attic form Electryone is akin to the word for "amber" (Ἠλέκτρα, Elektra), as in the amber color of sunrise
.
A marble tablet from the 3rd century BC found in Ialyssus contains an inscription about the regulations for visitors to the temple of Alectrona.[3]
Genealogy
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Nereus | Thaumas | Phorcys | Ceto | Eurybia | The Telchines | Halia | Poseidon | Aphrodite[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gorgon | Graeae | Ladon | Hesperides | Thoosa[5] | Helios | Rhodos | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deino | Heliadae | Electryone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Euryale | Enyo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes
- ^ Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Odes 7.24
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 5.56.5
- ^ "Regulations for Visitors to the Temple of Alectrona at Ialysus"
- ^ There are two major conflicting stories for Aphrodite's origins: Hesiod (Theogony) claims that she was "born" from the foam of the sea after Cronus castrated Uranus, thus making her Uranus' daughter; but Homer (Iliad, book V) has Aphrodite as daughter of Zeus and Dione. According to Plato (Symposium 180e), the two were entirely separate entities: Aphrodite Ourania and Aphrodite Pandemos.
- ^ Homer, Odyssey, 1.70–73, names Thoosa as a daughter of Phorcys, without specifying a mother.
- Gorgonand Ceto.
References
- 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.
- Graves, Robert; The Greek Myths, Penguin Books Ltd. (1960 edition). 42. c, 4.
- Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 18
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Electryo'ne"