Opheltes (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Opheltes (Ancient Greek: Ὀφέλτης) may refer to several figures in Greek mythology, including:
- Opheltes, the infant son of Lycurgus of Nemea, killed by a serpent.[1]
- Opheltes, one of the Tyrrhenian pirates who attempted to deceive and kidnap Dionysus, and were changed by the god into fish or dolphins.[2]
- Opheltes, the son of Thebes.[3]
- Opheltes, an experienced Trojan warrior. He was the father of Euryalus who accompanied Aeneas to Italy.[4]
- Opheltes, a
- Opheltes, son of Arestor, a soldier in the army of Dionysus during the Indian campaign, killed by Deriades.[6]
Notes
- ^ Parada, s.v. Opheltes 1; Smith, s.v. Opheltes 1
- Fabulae134
- ^ Parada, s.v. Opheltes 2; Smith, s.v. Opheltes 3; Pausanias, 9.5.16
- ^ Parada, s.v. Opheltes 4; Virgil, Aeneid 9.197–204
- Valerius Flaccus, 3.198–200
- ^ Parada, s.v. Opheltes 5; Nonnus, 32.185–186, 35.379–380, 37.81–85 & 37.91–102
References
- ISBN 978-0-87220-821-6.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, II Books XVI–XXXV. Loeb Classical Library No. 345, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive.
- Nonnus, Dionysiaca; translated by Rouse, W H D, III Books XXXVI–XLVIII. Loeb Classical Library No. 346, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1940. Internet Archive.
- Ovid, Metamorphoses, Brookes More, Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius, Argonautica, translated by J. H. Mozley, Loeb Classical Library No. 286. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- ISBN 978-0-674-99586-4.
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