Capys (son of Assaracus)
{{Short description|Greek mythological figure}}
{{Other uses|Capys}}
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{{Infobox deity
| type = Greek
| name = Capys
| abode = Dardania
| parents = Assaracus and Hieromneme or Clytodora
| siblings = Ganymede
| children = Anchises and Acoetes
| mount =
| deity_of = King of Dardania
| member_of = the Dardanian Royal Family
| other_names =
| consort = Hieromneme or Themiste (or Themis)
| image =
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| successor = Anchises
| predecessor = Assaracus
}}
In Roman and Greek mythology, Capys ({{Langx|grc|Κάπυς|Kápys}}) was a king of Dardania during the Iliad and Aeneid.Virgil, Aeneid [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+2.35&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054 2.35]
Family
Capys was the son of AssaracusDictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.22 4.22]; Diodorus Siculus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/4D*.html#75.5 4.75.5]; Ovid, Fasti [https://topostext.org/work/143#4.19 4.19-62]; Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+20.235&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 20.239] by either Hieromneme (naiad daughter of Simois)Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.2] or Clytodora.Dionysius of Halicarnassus, [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/1C*.html#62.2 Antiquitates Romanae 1.62.2] He succeeded his father as king over the Dardanians and married a Hieromneme or his cousin Themiste, the daughter of Ilus, founder of Troy. With her, he fathered Anchises and Acoetes.Hyginus, [https://topostext.org/work/206#135 Fabulae 135] The former son who was a handsome lad later become the beloved of the goddess Aphrodite and the father of the famous Aeneas while the latter one, became the father of the priest Laocoon. In some versions of the myth, Capys was the brother of Ganymede while his mother Hieromneme was also called his wife.
Mythology
Capys or a different Capys, founded the city of Capua.Virgil, Aeneid [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Verg.+A.+10.145&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054 10.145]
Family tree
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Notes
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. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Dictys Cretensis, from The Trojan War. The Chronicles of Dictys of Crete and Dares the Phrygian translated by Richard McIlwaine Frazer, Jr. (1931-). Indiana University Press. 1966. [https://topostext.org/work/152 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History translated by Charles Henry Oldfather. Twelve volumes. Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
- Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica. Vol 1-2. Immanel Bekker. Ludwig Dindorf. Friedrich Vogel. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1888–1890. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0540 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Dionysius_of_Halicarnassus/home.html Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site]
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- 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0134 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0133 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Fasti. Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Aeneid. Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
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