Greek rhetorician and grammar Athenaeus of Naucratis, in his work Deipnosophistae, Book II, cited that poet Ibycus, in his Melodies, described twins Eurytus and Cteatus as "λευκίππους κόρους" ("white-horsed youths") and said they were born from a silver egg,[3] - a story that recalls the myth of Greek divine twinsCastor and Pollux and their mother Leda.[4]
Mythologyedit
Greek legend maintains that the brothers were born conjoined with only one body but two heads, four arms and four legs,[5] though Homer makes no mention of this.
Both brothers went on expeditions of war to the Neleus and the Pylians, and later led an army marching against their uncle Augeas at the behest of Heracles. However after the latter made peace, the brothers attacked Heracles and were subsequently killed by him outside Cleonae.[6][7]
^Smith (1846). Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. Taylor, Walton, Maberly. p. 1111.
Referencesedit
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Athenaeus of Naucratis, Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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eurytus, cteatus, other, uses, eurytus, cteatus, redirects, here, genus, beetle, kteatus, greek, mythology, eurytus, jʊər, ancient, greek, Εὔρυτος, cteatus, Κτέατος, were, twin, brothers, contents, family, mythology, also, notes, referencesfamily, edittheir, m. For other uses see Eurytus Cteatus redirects here For the genus of beetle see Kteatus In Greek mythology Eurytus ˈ jʊer ɪ t e s Ancient Greek Eὔrytos and Cteatus ˈ t iː e t e s Kteatos were twin brothers Contents 1 Family 2 Mythology 3 See also 4 Notes 5 ReferencesFamily editTheir mother was Molione that s why they were called Moliones Moliones or Molionidae Molionidai They were the sons of either Actor whence they were also called Actoridae or Poseidon and nephew of Augeas Eurytus and Cteatus married the twin daughters of Dexamenus Theraephone and Theronice respectively 1 Their respective sons Thalpius and Amphimachus were counted among the Achaean leaders in the Trojan War 2 Greek rhetorician and grammar Athenaeus of Naucratis in his work Deipnosophistae Book II cited that poet Ibycus in his Melodies described twins Eurytus and Cteatus as leykippoys koroys white horsed youths and said they were born from a silver egg 3 a story that recalls the myth of Greek divine twins Castor and Pollux and their mother Leda 4 Mythology editGreek legend maintains that the brothers were born conjoined with only one body but two heads four arms and four legs 5 though Homer makes no mention of this Both brothers went on expeditions of war to the Neleus and the Pylians and later led an army marching against their uncle Augeas at the behest of Heracles However after the latter made peace the brothers attacked Heracles and were subsequently killed by him outside Cleonae 6 7 See also editNaming citation for Jovian asteroid 7641 CteatusNotes edit Pausanias Graeciae Descriptio 5 3 3 4 Homer Iliad 2 615 Athenaeus Deipnosophistae 2 50 Wilkinson Claire Louise The Lyric of Ibycus Introduction Text and Commentary Sozomena 13 Berlin Walter de Gruyter 2013 pp 209 213 Hesiod Ehoiai fr 17 a 18 Apollodorus 2 7 2 Smith 1846 Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology Taylor Walton Maberly p 1111 References editApollodorus The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer F B A F R S in 2 Volumes Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1921 ISBN 0 674 99135 4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Greek text available from the same website Athenaeus of Naucratis The Deipnosophists or Banquet of the Learned London Henry G Bohn York Street Covent Garden 1854 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Athenaeus of Naucratis Deipnosophistae Kaibel In Aedibus B G Teubneri Lipsiae 1887 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Homer The Iliad with an English Translation by A T Murray Ph D in two volumes Cambridge MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1924 ISBN 978 0674995796 Online version 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 Homer Homeri Opera in five volumes Oxford Oxford University Press 1920 ISBN 978 0198145318 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library 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 MA Harvard University Press London William Heinemann Ltd 1918 ISBN 0 674 99328 4 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library Pausanias Graeciae Descriptio 3 vols Leipzig Teubner 1903 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eurytus and Cteatus amp oldid 1178122595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
