Troezen (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Troezen (/ˈtriːzən/, homophone of treason; ancient Greek: Τροιζήν, modern Greek: Τροιζήνα [tri'zina]) was the eponymous king of the city Troezen.

Family[]

Troezen was one of the children of Pelops[1][2] and Hippodamia, and thus brother to Pittheus, Alcathous, Dimoetes, Pleisthenes, Atreus, Thyestes, Copreus, Hippalcimus, Sciron, , , Astydameia, Nicippe, Lysidice and Eurydice.

Troezen was the father of Anaphlystus and Sphettus, who migrated to Attica and gave their names to two demes.[3] Evopis was also credited to be the daughter of Troezen.[4]

Mythology[]

Troezen and Pittheus were said to have come from Pisatis to King , son of Anthas and grandson of Poseidon and Alcyone, who reigned over the cities of Hyperea and Anthea, and to have become his co-rulers and then successors. When Troezen died, Pittheus incorporated the two cities into one and named it Troezen after his brother.[1][5]

His daughter Evopis married Dimoetes but had an affair with her own brother (not evident whether this was one of the aforementioned Troezen's sons, or another one).[4]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Strabo, Geographica 8.6.14
  2. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.30.8
  3. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.30.9
  4. ^ a b Parthenius, Erotica Pathemata 31
  5. ^ Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 2.30.8-9

References[]

  • Parthenius, Love Romances translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882-1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
  • Parthenius, Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. 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.
  • Strabo, The Geography of Strabo. Edition by H.L. Jones. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
  • Strabo, Geographica edited by A. Meineke. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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