Icarius of Sparta
In
Family
Icarius was the son of either
His other possible wives were
| Relation | Name | Sources | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer | Apollonius | Strabo | Apollodorus | Stephanus | Tzetzes | |||||
| Ody. | Sch. | Sch. Argo. | Lyco. | |||||||
| Parentage | Perieres and Gorgophone | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| Oebalus and Bateia | ✓ | |||||||||
| Siblings | Tyndareus | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Aphareus | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Leucippus | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Hippocoon | ✓ | |||||||||
| Spouse | Asterodia | ✓ | ||||||||
| Dorodoche | ✓ | |||||||||
| Periboea | ✓ | |||||||||
| Polycaste | ✓ | |||||||||
| Erymede | ||||||||||
| Offspring | Penelope | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| Iphthime | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Laodamia or | ✓ | |||||||||
| Laodice | ✓ | |||||||||
| Perilaus or | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| Perileos | ||||||||||
| Amasichus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Phalereus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Thoon | ✓ | |||||||||
| Pheremmelias | ✓ | |||||||||
| Elatus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Alyzeus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Leucadius | ✓ | |||||||||
| Aletes | ✓ | |||||||||
| Damasippus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Imeusimus | ✓ | |||||||||
| Thoas | ✓ | |||||||||
| Taenarus | ✓ | |||||||||
Mythology
Icarius was a Spartan king[citation needed] and a champion runner who would not allow anyone to marry his daughter unless he beat him in a race. Odysseus succeeded and married Penelope.[9] After they got married, Icarius tried to persuade Odysseus to remain in Sparta. He did leave with Penelope, but Icarius followed them, imploring his daughter to stay. Odysseus told her she must choose whether to be with her father or with her husband. Penelope did not answer, but modestly covered her face with a veil. Icarius correctly understood that this was a sign of her will to leave with Odysseus, let them go and erected a statue of Aidos (Modesty) on the spot.[10] Icarius was apparently still alive at the time of the events of the Odyssey.
Notes
- Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexandra 511
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.4
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3-6
- ^ Strabo, Geographica 10.2.24
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 15.16
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 1.275 & 277
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Odyssey 4.797
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.120
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.12.2
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.20.10-11
References
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- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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