Thesprotus
In Greek mythology, Thesprotus (Ancient Greek: Θεσπρωτός) may refer to two individuals:
- Thesprotus, an Arcadian prince as son of King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene,[1] Nonacris[2] or by unknown woman. He was the eponymous hero of Thesprotia was a son of Thesprotus' son was Ambrax eponymous of Ambracia.[3]
- Thesprotus, king of the country where Lake Avernus is said to be, related to the myth of Thyestes and Atreus.
Notes
- ^ Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 1.13.1
- ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 8.17.6
- ^ Apollodorus, 3.8.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, Alexander 481
References
- Apollodorus, 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.
- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937-1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. 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.
- Who's Who in Classical Mythology [1] By Michael Grant, John Hazel
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