Corythus
Corythus is the name of six mortal men in Greek mythology.
- Corythus, son of Marmarus, and one of the court of Cepheus. He wounded Pelates during the battle at the wedding feast of Perseus and Andromeda.[1]
- Corythus, an Italian king and father, in some sources, of Iasion[2] and Dardanus[3] by Electra.[4]
- Corythus, one of the Lapiths. Only a youth, he was killed nonetheless by Rhoetus, one of the Centaurs.[5]
- Corythus, an Iberian, beloved of Heracles. Was said to have been the first to devise a helmet (Greek korys, gen. korythos), which took its name from him.[6]
- Corythus, one of the Doliones. He was killed by Tydeus.[7]
- Corythus, a king who raised Telephus, son of Heracles and Auge, as his own son.[8]
- Corythus, son of Paris and the nymph Oenone. After Paris abandoned Oenone, she sent the boy - now grown - to Troy, to incite jealousy in his father and to plot "something bad" against Paris' second wife.[9] He fell in love with her, and she "received him warmly". Upon discovering this, Paris killed him – unable to recognise his own son. Other versions state Oenone sent Corythus to guide the Achaean armies to Troy.[10][11] Corythus was alternatively said to be the son of Helen and Paris,[12] who died along with his two brothers when a roof collapsed in Troy.[13]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.107
- ^ Servius on Virgil, Aeneid 3.167, 7.207 & 10.719
- ^ Lactantius, Divine Institutes 1.23
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 19th-century encyclopedia of classics.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.290
- ^ Ptolemy Hephaestion, New History 2 in Photius, Bibliotheca 190
- ^ Valerius Flaccus, 3.95
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.33.11
- ^ Conon, Narrations 23
- ^ Lycophron, Alexandra 61
- ^ Tzetzes, Ad Lycophronem 57
- ^ Parthenius, 34 from 2nd book of Hellanicus’ Troica and from the Trojan History of Cephalon of Gergitha
- ^ Dictys Cretensis, Trojan War Chronicle
References
[edit]- 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.
- 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.
- Gaius Valerius Flaccus, Argonauticon. Otto Kramer. Leipzig. Teubner. 1913. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Greek 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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