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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 ff.</ref> He was the divine personification of the river and nearby town of [[Aesepus River|Aesepus]]<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Iliad]]'' 2.824 ff.</ref><ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''The Fall of Troy,'' 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]], ''Commentary on [[Virgil|Virgil's]] [[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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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][3] (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.[4]
- 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.[5] Both men fought in the Trojan War and were killed by Euryalus, the son of Mecisteus.
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References
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Homer. Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. 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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