Magnes (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Magnes (/ˈmæɡˌniːz/; Ancient Greek: Μάγνης means 'the magnet') was a name attributed to several men.
- Magnes, eponym and first king of Magnesia. He was the son of Zeus and Thyia[1] or of Aeolus and Enarete.[citation needed]
- Magnes, a son of Argos and Perimele, and father of Hymenaeus; from him also a portion of Thessaly derived its name Magnesia.[2]
- Magnes, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers.[3] He, with the other suitors, was killed by Odysseus with the assistance of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus.[4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Hesiod, Catalogue of Women fr. 7 Most, pp. 48, 49 [= fr. 7 Merkelbach-West = Constantine Porphyrogenitus, De Thematibus, 2 (Pertusi, pp. 86–7)].
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 23
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.29
- ^ Apollodorus, E.7.33
References
[edit]- Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- 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. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Hesiod, Catalogue of Women, in Hesiod: The Shield, Catalogue of Women, Other Fragments, edited and translated by Glenn W. Most, Loeb Classical Library No. 503, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 2007, 2018. ISBN 978-0-674-99721-9. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Merkelbach, R., and M. L. West, Fragmenta Hesiodea, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1967. ISBN 978-0-19-814171-6.
- Pertusi, Agostino, Costantino Porfirogenito De thematibus, Biblioteca apostolica vaticana, 1952. Google Books.
- William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London (1873).
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