Lampus
{{Short description|Various characters in Greek mythology}}
In Greek mythology, Lampus or Lampos (Ancient Greek: Λάμπος), a Greek verb meaning "glitter" or "shine", may refer to:
Human
- Lampus, a son of Aegyptus, who married and was killed by the Danaid Ocypete.Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+2.1.5&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 2.1.5]
- Lampus, an elder of Troy, one of the sons of King Laomedon and Strymo,Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+3.147&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 3.147]; Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.12.3&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022 3.12.3]; Dictys Cretensis, [https://topostext.org/work/152#4.22 4.22] father of Dolops.Homer, Iliad [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Hom.+Il.+15.525&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0134 15.525]
- Lampus, one of the fifty Thebans who laid an ambush against Tydeus and were killed by Apollo.Statius, Thebaid [https://topostext.org/work/149#7.723 7.759]
Canine (dog)
Equine (horse)
- Lampus, one of the two horses that drove the chariot of Eos, the other one being PhaethonHomer, Iliad 23.246; Tzetzes, 138; ad Lycophron, [https://topostext.org/work/860#17 17]{{AI-generated source|date=November 2024}}
- Lampus, one of the four horses of Helios, alongside Erythreus, Acteon and Philogeus.Fulgentius, Mythologiarum libri 1.12
- Lampus, one of the four horses of Hector, alongside Aethon, Xanthus and PodargesHomer, Iliad 8.185
- Lampus, one of the mares of DiomedesHyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#30 30]
Other uses
Lampos is used as a surname of many families in Greece. Otherwise:
- Lampus is also the name of a Macedonian horse breeder and Olympic victor, whose statue Pausanias describes in his Description of Greece.Pausanias, 6.4.10
- Lampos is also the fictitious name of a sacred site in the parish of Rennes-les-Bains (Aude), France, given by the priest Henri Boudet in his work La Vraie Langue Celtique (1886).
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}}. [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].
- 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.]
- Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, Mythologies translated by Whitbread, Leslie George. Ohio State University Press.1971. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/FulgentiusMythologies1.html Online version at theio.com]
- 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. {{ISBN|978-0674995796|}}. [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. {{ISBN|978-0198145318|}}. [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. {{ISBN|0-674-99328-4}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0160 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library]
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0159 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid translated by John Henry Mozley. Loeb Classical Library Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1928. [https://topostext.org/work/149 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Publius Papinius Statius, The Thebaid. Vol I-II. John Henry Mozley. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1928. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0498 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.]
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