Halirrhothius
{{Short description|Son of Poseidon in Greek mythology}}
Halirrhothius ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|h|æ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|r|oʊ|θ|i|ə|s}}; {{langx|grc|Ἁλιρρόθιος|Halirrhóthios|sea-foam}}{{Cite book|title=Based on H.J. Rose's Handbook of Greek Mythology|last=The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology by Robin Hard|publisher=Taylor & Francis Group|year=2004|isbn=0-203-44633-X|location=New York, NY|pages=365}}) was the Athenian son of Poseidon and Euryte or BathycleiaScholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.83c in Greek mythology. He was also called the son of Perieres and husband of Alcyone who bore him two sons, Serus and Alazygus.Scholia on Pindar, Olympian Ode 10.83 as cited in Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 64 Another son of Halirrhothius, Samos of Mantinea was the victor of the four-horse chariot during the first Olympic games established by Heracles.Pindar, Olympian Odes 10.70
Mythology
When Halirrhothius raped Alcippe, Ares's daughter by Aglaulus, Ares killed him. Ares was then tried for this in a court made up of his fellow gods. The trial was held on a hill adjacent to the Acropolis of Athens, known as the Areopagus. Ares was acquitted.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.14.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:book=3:chapter=14&highlight=Euryte 3.14.2] According to the Parian Chronicle this event took place in 1532/1 BC during the reign of Cranaus.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/faqs/q004/q004008.html|title=Interleaved Greek and English text (translation by Gillian Newing)|last=The Parian Marble|first=Fragment 3|date=March 7, 2001|access-date=January 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225031833/http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/faqs/q004/q004008.html|archive-date=December 25, 2013|url-status=dead}}
In another version of the myth, Halirrhothius was sent by his father to cut down the olive that had grown out of the spear of Athena. As he raised his axe, it fell out of his hand and mortally wounded him. The olive was called "fatal" (moros in Greek, which was used as folk-etymology for moria, the name of the sacred olive trees) from that circumstance.Scholia on Aristophanes, Clouds 1005{{sfn|Wunder|1855|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=4grgAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA100, note on verse 703]}} Servius adds that Poseidon was in such great grief of his son's passing, that he accused Ares of murder, and the matter was settled on the Areopagus.Servius On Virgil's Georgics [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2007.01.0092%3Abook%3D1%3Acommline%3D18 1.18]
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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. 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].
- Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004, {{ISBN|9780415186360}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC Google Books].
- Maurus Servius Honoratus, In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii; recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
- {{cite book | last = Wunder | first = Eduard | title = Sophocles' Oedipus rex, Oedipus Colonaeus, Electra, Antigone | volume = I | location = London | publisher = Williams and Norgate | date = 1855 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=4grgAAAAMAAJ}}
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Category:Demigods in classical mythology
Category:Fictional murdered people