Erinoma

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In

Servius
, a Latin grammarian who lived during the early fifth century AD.

Family

Erinoma was the daughter of a man named Celes, the son of either Ion or Epiuotasterius,[b] two men who arrived to Cyprus from nearby Egypt.

Mythology

According to the most common versions, Adonis was the son of Cinyras or Theias by his own daughter Myrrha or Smyrna, who tricked her father into bedding her in secret. She then ran away once discovered, and transformed into a myrrh tree, causing her infant son, Adonis to be born some months later from the tree trunk. Adonis was greatly loved by Aphrodite, although he was also made to divide his year between her and Persephone. When he was out hunting one day, he was mortally wounded by a boar. In some versions, that boar was Ares, or Apollo, or perhaps it sent by Artemis as revenge against the goddess of love. Aphrodite greatly mourned her beloved and transformed his blood into a red anemone.

In what appears to be a localized version in Cyprus however, Erinoma was a Cypriot girl of great beauty and chastity. The virgin goddesses Artemis and

peahen.[2]

Zeus, however, was enraged upon finding out what had happened to his beloved, so Adonis fled to Mount Cassius for safety. It was Hermes who lured him out of his hiding with the help of a boar (which was Ares in disguise). Once in the open, Zeus struck Adonis with a lightning bolt, killing him. Aphrodite complained about the murder and greatly lamented Adonis's passing. Hermes then brought back Adonis's shade to his people, but he was only fully restored to life by Zeus when Hera requested so. Artemis, meanwhile, restored the peahen Erinoma back to her human form, who then gave birth to Adonis' son Taleus.[1][3][4][5]

Legacy

Erinome, also known as Jupiter XXV, a retrograde irregular satellite of the planet Jupiter, was named after this Erinoma.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Her name has also been variously found in manuscripts as Erinoma, Erinona, Erittoma or even Eurynome. What the original Greek spelling of name might have been is not knowable.[1]
  2. ^ The manuscript where his name is attested is corrupted. Original spelling is unclear.

References

  1. ^ a b Fontenrose 1981, p. 171.
  2. ^ Wright, M. Rosemary. "A Dictionary of Classical Mythology: Summary of Transformations". mythandreligion.upatras.gr. University of Patras. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
  3. Servius Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues 10.18
  4. ^ Green 2007, p. 214, note 7.
  5. ^ Forbes Irving 1990, p. 256.
  6. ^ USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Bibliography

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