Idas of Messene
In
Family
Idas was the son of
Mythology
Contest for Marpessa's hand
When Idas came from
Apollo also pursued them in his own chariot, wanting Marpessa for himself.
Idas that was mightiest of men that were then upon the face of earth;
who also took his bow to face the king Phoebus Apollo
for the sake of the fair-ankled maid [i.e. Marpessa].[11]
As the two fought for the girl's hand, Zeus eventually intervened and commanded Marpessa to choose between her mortal lover and the god.[8][12] Marpessa chose Idas, reasoning to Apollo that had she chosen the god, she would have eventually grown old and lost his affections:
And thou beautiful god, in that far time,
When in thy setting sweet thou gazest down
On this grey head, wilt thou remember then
That once I pleased thee, that I once was young?[13]
Fight with the Dioscuri
Hyginus version
The two beautiful daughters of
Apollodorus version
A different tale was presented in the
After the deaths of the two Messenian princes, the kingdom was bereft of male descendants and thus,
Other adventures
Idas wished to rob Teuthras, king of Moesia, of his kingdom but was overcame in one battle by Telephus, son of Auge and Heracles, with the help of Parthenopaeus, son of Atalanta.[17]
On their journey to fetch the Golden Fleece, Idas avenged the death of Idmon, son of Apollo by slaying the wild boar that wounded and killed the seer.[18]
Notes
- Valerius Flaccus, 1.461
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 173; Apollodorus, 1.8.2; Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.299 ff.
- ^ a b Hyginus, Fabulae 14.3
- ^ a b Apollodorus, 3.10.3
- ^ Scholia on Homer, Iiad 1.557
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1. 152, with a reference to Peisander for Polydora and to Theocritusfor Laocoosa, see Theocritus, Idyll 22. 206
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.2
- ^ a b Jeanie Lang. A Book of Myths, p. 90-99.
- ^ Baccchylides. Dithyrambs, 6.1
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 9.557, Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.7.8; Propertius. Elegies, 1.2; Pausanias. Description of Greece, 4.2.7 & 5.18.2; Plutarch. Parallela minora, 40; Pseudo-Plutarch. De fluviis, 1.8
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 9.557 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Homer. Iliad, Book 9.557, Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 1.7.9 & 1.8.2;Plutarch. Parallela minora, 40; Propertius. Elegies, 1.2;
- ^ Stephen Phillips. Marpessa (poem).
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 80 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus. Bibliotheca, Book 3.11.2 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Pausanias. Description of Greece, 4.3.1 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 100
- ^ Hyginus. Fabulae, 14.4
References
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- Bacchylides, Odes translated by Diane Arnson Svarlien. 1991. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Bacchylides, The Poems and Fragments. Cambridge University Press. 1905. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica translated by Mozley, J H. Loeb Classical Library Volume 286. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at theio.com.
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- Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.
External links
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