Chthonius
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In Greek mythology, the name Chthonius[pronunciation?] or Chthonios (Greek: Χθόνιος, [kʰtʰó.ni.os], "of the earth or underworld"[1]) may refer to:
- Chthonius, one of the five surviving Spartoi in Thebes, father of Lycus and Nycteus[2][3][4][5] (but see Hyrieus).
- Chthonius, one of the sons of Aegyptus and Caliadne, who married and was killed by Bryce, daughter of Danaus and Polyxo.[6]
- Chthonius, son of Poseidon and Syme, who founded the first colony on the island of Syme, which was named after his mother.[7]
- Chthonius, a Centaur who was killed by Nestor at the wedding of Pirithous and Hippodamia.[8]
- Chthonius, one of the Gigantes.[9]
- Chthonius, an epithet of several major gods,[10] including Hades[11] [12][13] Hermes,[14][15][16][17][18] and Dionysus.[19][20][21] See Chthonia for goddesses bearing the feminine version of the epithet.
Chthonius is also a genus of pseudoscorpions:
References[edit]
- ^ Robert Graves. The Greek Myths (1960)
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 3. 4. 1 & 3. 5. 5
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9. 5. 3
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae, 178
- ^ Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1179 & 1186
- ^ Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 2. 1. 5
- ^ Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, 5. 53. 1
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12. 441
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 48. 21
- ^ Psyche: the cult of souls and the belief in immortality among the Greeks. By Erwin Rohde. Page 159 ISBN 0-415-22563-9
- ^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2. 2. 8 (in Corinth), 5. 14. 8 (in Olympia)
- ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 767
- ^ Euripides, Alcestis, 237; Andromache, 544
- ^ Aeschylus, Libation-Bearers, 1, 118, 708; Persians, 626, 639
- ^ Sophocles, Electra, 111; Ajax, 832
- ^ Euripides, Alcestis, 743
- ^ Aristophanes, Frogs, 1126, 1138, 1145
- ^ Orphic Hymn 57
- ^ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 31. 144
- ^ Orphic Hymn 53. 1
- ^ Suda s. v. Zagreus
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