Guneus
In Greek mythology, the name Guneus or Gouneus ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|juː|n|iː|ə|s}}; Ancient Greek: Γουνεὐς derived from gounos "fruitful land") may refer to:
- Guneus, a man from Pheneus and father of Laonome, wife of Alcaeus.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.4.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Guneus 2.4.5]; Pausanias, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+8.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0160:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Guneus 8.14.2] Through his daughter, he was the grandfather of Amphitryon, Anaxo and Perimede.
- Guneus, leader of the Aenianes and Perrhaebians during the Trojan War. According to Homer, "Guneus brought two and twenty ships from Cyphus, and he was followed by the Enienes and the valiant Peraebi, who dwelt about wintry Dodona."Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+2.748&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Gouneus 2.748] & Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#897 897]; cf. also Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Eur.+IA+279&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0108:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Gouneus 279] & Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.3.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Guneus E.3.14]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} Guneus survived the war, and went to Libya where he settled near the Cinyps River.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+e.6.15&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Guneus 6.15]; Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#899 899] & [https://topostext.org/work/860#902 902]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}} Guneus was an obscure character, though his tribal followers (Aenienians and Perrhaebians) are usually placed in northwestern Greece. Homer does not record his pedigree, but elsewhere his parents were called OcytusApollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+Epit.+E.3.14&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=0:chapter=0&highlight=Guneus E.3.14]; Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] blundered his name as Cycnus and providing his residence as Argos instead and AurophyteHyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#97 97] or Tauropoleia (or Hippodameia).Tzetzes, Allegories of the Iliad Prologue 629–630 In a rare account, his father was called Cyphos, the eponym of Cyphus, with no mention of a mother.Tzetzes ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#897 897]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}
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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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
- Euripides, The Plays of Euripides, translated by E. P. Coleridge. Volume II. London. George Bell and Sons. 1891. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0108 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
- Euripides, Euripidis Fabulae. vol. 3. Gilbert Murray. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1913. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0107 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. [https://topostext.org/work/206 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- 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].
- 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. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Paus.+1.1.1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Tzetzes, John, Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|978-0-674-96785-4}}
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