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'''Evenus'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} is the name of two characters in [[Greek mythology]]. |
'''Evenus'''{{Pronunciation-needed}} is the name of two characters in [[Greek mythology]]. |
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1. '''Evenus''' the river-god |
1. '''Evenus''' the river-god. He was the son either of [[Oceanus]] and [[Tethys (mythology)| Tethys]], or of [[Ares]] and [[Demonice]] (daughter of [[Agenor]]), or of Ares and [[Sterope (Pleiad)|Sterope]] (one of the [[Pleiades (Greek mythology)|Pleiades]]), or of [[Heracles]]. He married Alcippe, daughter of [[Oenomaus]]. |
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In a story in which Evenus is presented as a mortal king, he drowned in the river that bore his name whilst pursuing the man ([[Idas]]) who had abducted his daughter, [[Marpessa]].<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosEuenos.html EVENUS : River god of Aetolia in Greece ; Greek mythology : EUENOS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/PlutarchParallelStories.html Classical E-Text: Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek & Roman Parallel Stories<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
In a story in which Evenus is presented as a mortal king, he drowned in the river that bore his name whilst pursuing the man ([[Idas]]) who had abducted his daughter, [[Marpessa]].<ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Potamos/PotamosEuenos.html EVENUS : River god of Aetolia in Greece ; Greek mythology : EUENOS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.theoi.com/Text/PlutarchParallelStories.html Classical E-Text: Pseudo-Plutarch, Greek & Roman Parallel Stories<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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Revision as of 18:30, 16 September 2014
Evenus[pronunciation?] is the name of two characters in Greek mythology.
1. Evenus the river-god. He was the son either of Oceanus and Tethys, or of Ares and Demonice (daughter of Agenor), or of Ares and Sterope (one of the Pleiades), or of Heracles. He married Alcippe, daughter of Oenomaus.
In a story in which Evenus is presented as a mortal king, he drowned in the river that bore his name whilst pursuing the man (Idas) who had abducted his daughter, Marpessa.[1][2]
2. Evenus, king of Lyrnessus, son of Selepus. His two sons, Mynes and Epistrophus, killed by Achilles when he had raided the place.[3]