Dicaeus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Dicaeus or Dikaios (Ancient Greek: Δίκαιος) was a son of Poseidon[1] and brother was Syleus.[2] They lived near the Mountain Pelion in Thessaly.[2]
Mythology[]
Dicaeus hosted Herakles.[2] Unlike Syleus, who was killed by Herakles, Dicaeus was a just man, which was suggested by the very literal meaning of his name (Δίκαιος = Just).[2]
The Dicaea city in Thrace was named after him.[1]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Stephanus of Byzantium, Ethnica s.v. D230.14
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Conon, Narrations 17
References[]
- Conon, Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Stephanus of Byzantium, Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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- Children of Poseidon
- Mythology of Heracles
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