Toxeus
In Greek mythology, the name Toxeus or Toxius (Ancient Greek: Τοξεύς means "bowman"[1]) refers to the following individuals:
- Toxius, son of Caelus (Uranus) who was the inventor of building with clay, it having been suggested to him from swallows' nests.[2]
- Toxeus, a
- Toxeus, a ).
- Toxeus, an Oechalian prince as son of King Eurytus and Antiope[9] or Antioche[10] and brother of Clytius and Molion. All three were slain by Heracles.[11] His other siblings were Iole, Deioneus, Didaeon and Iphitos.
Notes
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, s.v. Toxeus with Notes and Commentary on Meleagrides p.111
- Naturalis Historia7.56.3
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.300 ff. & 441 ff.
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 98 as cited in Berlin Papyri No. 9777
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 2 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
- ^ Apollodorus, 1.8.1
- ^ Robert Graves: The Greek Myths, §80.1
- ^ Robert Graves : The Greek Myths, §80.2
- ^ Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.86
- ^ Scholaist on Sophocles, Trachiniae 266 as cited in Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica, The Taking of Oechalia fr. 4
- ^ Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 79; Diodorus Siculus, 4.37.5
References
- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women from Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by Evelyn-White, H G. Loeb Classical Library Volume 57. London: William Heinemann, 1914. Online version at theio.com
- Pliny the Elder, The Natural History. John Bostock, M.D., F.R.S. H.T. Riley, Esq., B.A. London. Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 1855. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia. Karl Friedrich Theodor Mayhoff. Lipsiae. Teubner. 1906. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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