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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aesepus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Αἴσηπος) may refer to: |
In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aesepus''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: Αἴσηπος) may refer to: |
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*Aesepus, one of the [[Potamoi]], river-god sons of the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and his sister-wife [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' 337 |
*Aesepus, one of the [[Potamoi]], river-god sons of the [[Titans]] [[Oceanus]] and his sister-wife [[Tethys (mythology)|Tethys]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Aesepus 342] & [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hes.+Th.+337 366–370]</ref> He was the divine personification of the river and nearby town of [[Aesepus River|Aesepus]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.824 ff.; [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 2.459</ref> (today known as [[Gönen]] in [[Turkey]]). Aesepus was the grandfather of the other Aesepus through his daughter [[Abarbarea]]. His other daughter [[Phrygia (mythology)|Phrygia]] was the [[eponym]] of the country [[Phrygia]].<ref>[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] ad [[Virgil]], ''[[Aeneid]]'' 1.182</ref> |
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*Aesepus, the son of the [[naiads|naiad]] [[Abarbarea]] (daughter of the above Aesepus) and [[Bucolion]]. His twin brother was [[Pedasus]]; the pair appears briefly in the ''Iliad'', Book VI.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.22 ff.</ref> Both men fought in the [[Trojan War]] and were killed by [[Euryalus]], the son of [[Mecisteus]]. |
*Aesepus, the son of the [[naiads|naiad]] [[Abarbarea]] (daughter of the above Aesepus) and [[Bucolion]]. His twin brother was [[Pedasus]]; the pair appears briefly in the ''Iliad'', Book VI.<ref>Homer, ''Iliad'' 4.22 ff.</ref> Both men fought in the [[Trojan War]] and were killed by [[Euryalus]], the son of [[Mecisteus]]. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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* [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website]. |
* [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' from ''The Homeric Hymns and Homerica'' with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0129 Greek text available from the same website]. |
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* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''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|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] |
* [[Homer]], [[Iliad|''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|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] |
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*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
*Homer, ''Homeri Opera'' in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. |
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In Greek mythology, Aesepus (Ancient Greek: Αἴσηπος) may refer to:
- Aesepus, one of the Potamoi, river-god sons of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys.[1] He was the divine personification of the river and nearby town of Aesepus[2] (today known as Gönen in Turkey). Aesepus was the grandfather of the other Aesepus through his daughter Abarbarea. His other daughter Phrygia was the eponym of the country Phrygia.[3]
- Aesepus, the son of the naiad Abarbarea (daughter of the above Aesepus) and Bucolion. His twin brother was Pedasus; the pair appears briefly in the Iliad, Book VI.[4] Both men fought in the Trojan War and were killed by Euryalus, the son of Mecisteus.
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References
[edit]- Hesiod, Theogony from The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1914. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- 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.
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. ISBN 978-0198145318. Greek 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.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
- Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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