Iamus

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In

Apollo and Evadne, a daughter of Poseidon
, raised by Aepytus.

Mythology

Evadne loved Apollo and by him she became pregnant, but was shamed by Aepytus for her pregnancy. When it was time for the childbirth, Apollo sent down Eileithyia and the Moirai (Fates) to assist Evadne.[1] After giving birth, she unwillingly abandoned the child in the wild and returned. The child survived, as he was nourished by some honeybees sent by Apollo, or the Fates. When Aepytus learnt from the Delphic Oracle that the new born was sired by Apollo himself and was destined to be a great prophet, he ordered to bring the child back into the house. The infant was found alive lying among violets, and was named Iamus (from ίον, "violet") by Evadne.

When he reached his youth, Iamus descended into the waters of

Iamidae, a family of priests from Olympia.[2][3]

Notes

  1. ^ Pindar's Odes, Pindar, Roy Arthur Swanson
  2. ^ Pindar, Olympian Ode 6
  3. ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 4. 2. 3

References

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