Priasus

{{Short description|Two different Priasus in Greek mythology}}

In Greek mythology, Priasus (Ancient Greek: Πρίασος) may refer to two individuals:

  • Priasus, one of the ArgonautsJohn Lempière, [http://www.argonauts-book.com/lempriegraveres-summary.html Argonautae] and son of Caeneus. He was the brother of Phocus, another Argonaut.Hyginus, Fabulae [https://topostext.org/work/206#14.4 14]
  • Priasus, commander of the Phrygians who fought in the war that Dionysus waged against the Indians.Nonnus, 13.521 & 37.624

Notes

References

  • 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.]
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
  • Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940-1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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Category:Mythology of Dionysus